Idaho's Coldwater Creek losses persist

Published: March 14, 2013 

Camile Mick shops for gifts, "throwing a little gift in for myself," she laughs. "They have the best stuff." Coldwater Creek, Idaho's only publicly traded retail company, is getting a new CEO who plans to bring the company back to profitability.

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Sandpoint retailer Coldwater Creek reported a fourth-quarter loss of $19.9 million, 66 cents a share, compared with a loss of $12 million, 42 cents a share, one year earlier, The Spokesman-Review reported Thursday.

Fourth-quarter retail revenue was $166 million, compared with $173.5 million in the same period last year.

For fiscal year 2012, Coldwater Creek reported a net loss of $81.8 million, or $2.69 per share, compared with a loss of $99.7 million, $3.98 per share, for 2011.

Fiscal year total revenue was $742.5 million, compared with $773 million in fiscal 2011. Net sales from the retail segment were $574.4 million, compared with $595.2 million the previous year.

The company’s efforts at restructuring its focus and operations will continue, said CEO and President Jill Dean.

“This was particularly apparent in our financial performance in the second half of the year as we achieved two consecutive quarters of comparable premium store sales growth," Dean said. "Overall for the year, we achieved a 1 percent increase in our comparable premium store sales and … ended the year with a clean inventory position and total inventory down 5 percent.”

The company closed five stores during the fourth quarter, leaving 349. Coldwater Creek closed 15 stores in all of 2012 and expects to close up to 15 more in fiscal 2013.

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