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The Motley Fool August 19, 2005 Rich Smith	Gymboree Gets Held Back Revenues grow but profits go missing at the kid-centric retailer. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 8, 2004 Rich Smith	Gymboree Takes a Tumble A slashed earnings estimate pulls down shares of the children's clothing retailer.
The Motley Fool May 22, 2008 Colleen Paulson	Gymboree's Sales Stampede Rolls On Sales continue to increase for the upscale kids' retailer.
The Motley Fool January 8, 2004 Dave Marino-Nachison	Children's Place in the Right Spot The retailer's merchandising continues to be spot on, keeping gross margins up.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Gymboree's Growing Up The kids clothier looks ahead to new markets and continued growth.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Gymboree's Financial Gymnastics The children's clothier beats analyst expectations for same-store sales, but that doesn't mean this stock is a bargain.
The Motley Fool February 5, 2004 Rich Smith	OshKosh Got a Boo-Boo It's no surprise that OshKosh is out of fashion this year, with its earnings marked down a whopping 76% for 2003, from $2.54 a share to $0.60, but better times lie ahead.
The Motley Fool July 16, 2007 Mike Cianciolo	Still In Step at Gymboree The children's clothing retailer likes its sales trends. Do investors?
The Motley Fool November 30, 2005 Mike Cianciolo	Gymboree Bounces Back The children's clothing retailer reports strong comps on top of soaring earnings and increased its guidance for its fiscal fourth quarter to a range of $0.40 to $0.42 per share.
The Motley Fool April 17, 2007 Mike Cianciolo	Gymboree's Comps Jump The kids' apparel retailer reported strong sales growth for March on top of last year's gains. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 17, 2004 Marko Djuranovic	No Jamboree for Gymboree The company's latest earnings met analysts' estimates but uncertainty still lingers.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2008 Rich Smith	Dress Barnstorming While Dress Barn saw its comps slide in its second quarter, new store growth and new-store revenues helped the retailer's total sales rise.
The Motley Fool March 20, 2007 Rich Smith	Deb Shops but Doesn't Drop The teen clothier has shed its post-earnings gains. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 14, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Gauging Gymboree After nearly doubling over the past year, Gymboree's stock price is stretched to breaking, looking about a molecule thin right now. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 31, 2006	Inventory: Less Is More As investors review a company's financial statements, it can be useful to compare the growth rate of inventories with the growth rate of revenues. You generally don't want to see inventories growing faster.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2004 Seth Jayson	Lexmark's Earnings, Inventory Grow The tech world's No. 2 printer maker, Lexmark International, saw its shares take a bit of a nosedive this morning.
The Motley Fool April 8, 2004 Rich Smith	Shorts Roost at Children's Place The company projects good earnings, so why is it being sold short?
The Motley Fool July 17, 2007 Mike Cianciolo	Fool on the Street: Gymboree Brands Growth Gymboree discusses its plans to grow through new brands and store expansion.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2004 Ben McClure	Reading the Tech Bellwether Following a week that saw more than one tech earnings warning, many investors are starting to worry that tech spending, after two strong quarters, is winding down. That worry is pushing down tech stock prices.
The Motley Fool August 12, 2004 Nathan Slaughter	Not Just Child's Play With a price/sales multiple of .58, an enterprise value-to-free cash flow ratio of less than 12, and reinforced earnings guidance projecting 40% growth this year, the kiddie retailer Children's Place may have something to offer adults as well.
The Motley Fool September 16, 2004 Bill Mann	The Tech Inventory Hair Ball The risk in rising inventories is that sales do not continue to improve. This has already started happening in the tech industry.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2007 Tim Beyers	Gymboree Does Back Flips Clearly, the juvenile clothing retailer's turnaround plan that began a year ago with the arrival of CEO Matthew McCauley is taking hold. But is the stock still a bargain?
The Motley Fool August 6, 2004 W.D. Crotty	A Less-Than-Sharper Image The specialty retail company lowers its earnings guidance as sales growth slips.
The Motley Fool February 26, 2007 Rich Duprey	Carter's Diapers in a Bunch Despite an attractive valuation, the kiddie clothier is still stumbling from the OshKosh acquisition. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 2, 2005 W.D. Crotty	OshKosh B'Gosh: Good Kid Stuff The clothing company reports a stellar fourth quarter. The stock is reasonably priced, but considering the company is pulling out of a yearly sales decline, all eyes are likely to be on the top-line growth going forward.
The Motley Fool December 12, 2005 Rich Smith	Cutter Aiming True The clothing retailer's results weren't as bad as they look. While the company seems to be getting back on track, there will be plenty of possibilities for its stock to fall further. Look for "buying opportunities" in the months ahead.
The Motley Fool April 10, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cost Plus, Profits Minus? The retailer is set to close out another miserable year shortly when the World Market operator reports fourth-quarter and full-year numbers. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2007 Rich Smith	Parsing Haverty Does it really mean what it says? Haverty may truly believe that it needed to raise inventories in order to properly serve its customers. Or it may just be putting a brave face on the situation. Investors, beware.
The Motley Fool November 28, 2005 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: American Woodmark Surplus The cabinetmaker is scheduled to report its fiscal second-quarter 2006 earnings. Investors want to know: Has it finally gotten its inventories under control?
The Motley Fool February 6, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Understanding Inventories Well-stocked shelves can be a bad sign: how to use inventory figures to evaluate stocks
The Motley Fool March 5, 2009 Kirby Adams	Gymboree's Horror Story Hideous guidance for 2009? Blame the government!
The Motley Fool February 17, 2004 Dave Marino-Nachison	Wet Seal's Struggles The apparel retailer is far from hot, but there's enough hope to prop the shares up.
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004 Gene G. Marcial	Children's Place: Peppy A growing share of the $29 billion market for kids' apparel is luring investors to Children's Place Retail Stores
The Motley Fool November 20, 2008 Colleen Paulson	No Growing Pains for These Retailers The Children's Place and Gymboree both deliver third-quarter earnings growth. At least people are still buying their little ones new clothes.
The Motley Fool August 14, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Is Kohl's Cool? In advance of quarterly reports analysts predict a trend of slowing sales at Kohl's. In spite of that, expect the retailer to show increasing margins.
The Motley Fool March 10, 2005 Rich Smith	Gymboree Gets Spanked Forget the revenues and focus on the balance sheet. The discipline that Wall Street metes out can seem harsh, but sometimes, it's just the motivation a company needs to get its operations in order.
The Motley Fool April 6, 2006 Jeremy MacNealy	Christopher & Banks Is Taking Inventory Inventory and evolution make up the retailer's strategy for 2006. But investors will want to continue monitoring its comps growth in the quarters ahead to see whether it can move this metric back into positive territory after inventories are brought up to adequate levels.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2004 Phil Wohl	Carter's Well-Dressed Strategy The largest branded apparel maker for babies and kids is branching out to major retailers. With the company trading at 15 times the 2005 estimate of $1.75 a share, they are an attractive purchase.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2006 Rich Smith	Way Too Much Furniture Brands Inventories grow far too fast at this furniture furnisher. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 18, 2005 Nathan Slaughter	Children's Place Growing Fast The apparel retailer tops estimates again and raises guidance. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Oxford's Commencement Analysts expect big things tomorrow, but might see big inventories instead from this manufacturer of private-label and branded clothing. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 11, 2008 Anders Bylund	A Tale of Two Children's Retailers Gymboree reported a strong holiday season and boosted its fourth-quarter outlook; Children's Place, on the other hand, saw good results in one of its brands and horrible numbers in the other
The Motley Fool August 22, 2008 Anders Bylund	Gymboree Needs Aretha CEO Matt McCauley deserves respect, but he's not getting any.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2005 Rich Smith	Lowered Standard It's getting a little harder to like American Standard. Investors have a few issues to watch.
The Motley Fool November 21, 2007 Anders Bylund	Mr. Market Turns Sour on Sweet Gymboree Despite earnings above and beyond recently upped guidance, and raised full-year guidance once again, the children's clothing retailer's shares fall.
The Motley Fool May 22, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: No Encore in New York Retailer New York & Co. is set to release its most recent quarterly earnings report. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
BusinessWeek May 28, 2007 James Mehring	Inventories: Time To Restock The Warehouses If demand holds up, the economy should get a boost as companies allow inventory growth to keep pace with demand.
The Motley Fool March 10, 2005 Nathan Slaughter	Growth Spurt at Children's Place Children's apparel retailer caps off a great year by doubling fourth-quarter revenues. Investors, take note.
InternetNews July 28, 2004 Michael Singer	Chips: Too Much of a Good Thing? Merrill Lynch analysts suggest an oversupply of chips could have adverse affects for companies like Intel, Broadcom and Xilinx... That means cheaper prices for those purchasing desktops.