Shares of Stein Mart Inc. slipped 0.4% in afternoon trade Thursday, after the Florida-based discount department store chain it would cut its corporate office workforce by 10%, as part of ongoing cost cutting efforts. The company expects to cuts to save about $10 million in 2018. The job cuts are in addition to previously-announced cost-cutting measures, such as the suspension of the dividend announced in May, lowering inventories by 15% and cutting capital expenditures by $22 million. “While we believe our sales-driving strategies are now taking hold, we are still in a very challenging retail environment,” said Chief Executive Hunt Hawkins. The stock has plunged 78.4% year to date, while the SPDR S&P Retail ETF has slipped 7.2% and the S&P 500 has gained 14.5%.
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