Macy's reports plunging sales as the COVID-19 pandemic deters shoppers
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- Macy's reported Thursday a same-store sales decline of more than 20%.
- The coronavirus pandemic has deterred consumers from spending money in department stores.
- The retailer's net sales for the third quarter ending October 31 fell to $3.99 billion, from $5.17 billion a year earlier.
- Macy's has had to lay off thousands of workers this year, and close many of its outlet stores.
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Macy's Inc reported a 20.2% drop in quarterly comparable sales on Thursday, hurt by a coronavirus-led fall in retail store traffic that signaled a tough holiday season ahead for the department store chain.
The retailer's shares fell 2% in premarket trading. Its stock has lost nearly half its value in a tumultuous year in which it has had to lay off thousands of workers, suffer through plunging sales due to outlet closures.
Net sales fell to $3.99 billion from $5.17 billion in the third quarter ended Oct. 31, but beat analysts' estimates of $3.86 billion, according to IBES data from Refinitiv.
The company posted an adjusted net loss of $60 million, or 19 cents per share, compared with earnings of $21 million, or 7 cents per share, a year earlier.
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