Briscoe third-quarter sales slip 0.5 percent , led by sporting goods, tips stronger FY profit

Briscoe third-quarter sales slip 0.5 percent , led by sporting goods, tips stronger FY profit
Nov. 7 (BusinessDesk) – Briscoe Group posted a 0.5 percent decline in third-quarter sales, reflecting a drop in sales of sporting goods that benefited a year earlier from the Rugby World Cup. Group sales were $97.5 million, down from a record$98 million in the same period a year earlier. Homeware sales climbed 4.3 percent to $65.5 million while sporting good sales fell 9 percent to $32 million. In the third quarter last year, the company had record sport good sales of $35.2 million. Same-store sales fell 2.5 percent, with a 1 percent increas...