Sears Stemming Losses, Sales Continue to Decline
August 17, 2012
Sears’ efforts to cut costs and reduce inventory have brought quarterly losses down from $146 million to $132 million, but sales fell 4.7 percent vs. 2.9 percent for the year-ago period.
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