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Dress Barn raises 2010 fiscal year profit view

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Reuters
Published
Dec 16, 2009

Dec 16 (Reuters) - Dress Barn Inc (DBRN.O) raised its profit view for the fiscal 2010 as its stores have performed better than expected till date, the company said on Wednesday 16 December.


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Shares of the company, which operates stores under the maurices, Justice and dressbarn brands, rose 5 percent to touch a year-high of $22.74.

The women's clothing retailer expects to earn $1.35 a share to $1.45 a share, up from its previous outlook of $1.20 a share to $1.30 a share.

Analysts on average were expecting earnings of $1.32 a share, before items, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

Shares of the company, which agreed to buy teen-apparel seller Tween Brands Inc in June, were trading up 3 percent at $22.43 in afternoon trade on Nasdaq. (Reporting by Nivedita Bhattacharjee in Bangalore; Editing by Anne Pallivathuckal)

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