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					</url></image><item><title>Jo-Ann Stores sees net sales rise 6% in 3Q</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6705720.html</link><description>Hudson, Ohio – During the third quarter, Jo-Ann Stores’ sales rose 6.0% to $509.1 million, the fabric and crafts retailer reported today.</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6705720.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:50:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>October sales edge upward at home accent retailers TJX, Jo-Ann St...
      </title><link>http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/article/CA6705630.html</link><description>October sales at TJX Companies, Inc. were $1.7 billion, up 15% over the $1.5 billion achieved during October 2008.</description><guid>http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/article/CA6705630.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:21:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.homeaccentstoday.com" /></item><item><title>US: Jo-Ann Stores to acquire full ownership of website: Apparel a...
      </title><link>http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=98224</link><description>"Since launching Joann.com with IdeaForest in 2000, we have developed a strong presence on the internet," said Darrell Webb, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Jo-Ann Stores.</description><guid>http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=98224</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate /><source url="http://www.just-style.com" /></item><item><title>Jo-Ann Stores Narrows 2Q Loss, Rising FY Outlook</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6695440.html</link><description>Hudson, Ohio— With improved sales and better margins, Jo-Ann Stores narrowed its second-quarter loss to $3.2 million, or 13 cents per share, compared to a year-ago loss of $11.7 million, or 47 cents per share. Our strategy to revitalize the store portfolio, enhance our merchandise offering, and</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6695440.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>Jo-Ann Stores narrows 2Q loss, raises FY outlook</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6686176.html</link><description>Hudson, Ohio – With improved sales and better margins, Jo-Ann Stores narrowed its second quarter loss to $3.2 million, or 13 cents per share, compared to a year-ago loss of $11.7 million, or 47 cents per share.</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6686176.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:15:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>Jo-Ann Stores Stymied in Q4</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6645991.html</link><description>Hudson, Ohio— Craft and fabric retailer Jo-Ann Stores lost ground in the fourth quarter, but increased both same-store sales and overall profit for the full fiscal year ended January 31; projections were guarded. Net income for the year was $21.9 million, or 86 cents per diluted share, convincingly</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6645991.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>Jo-Ann Stores stymied in Q4, sees flat year ahead</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6643870.html</link><description>Hudson, Ohio – Craft and fabric retailer Jo-Ann Stores lost ground in the fourth quarter, but increased both same-store sales and overall profit for the full fiscal year ended Jan. 31; projections were guarded.</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6643870.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:33:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>Jo-Ann Stores Gets House in Order, Trims Loss</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6592448.html</link><description>Hudson, Ohio — Coming off its eighth consecutive quarter of year-over-year earnings improvement, Jo-Ann Stores continued to project some softness in its home décor and seasonal categories during the fall season — but meanwhile trimmed its loss as sales grew. Net loss for the quarter ended Aug.</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6592448.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>Jo-Ann Stores gets house in order</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6591290.html</link><description>Hudson, Ohio – Coming off its eighth consecutive quarter of year-over-year earnings improvement, Jo-Ann Stores continued to project some softness in its home décor and seasonal categories during the fall season – but meanwhile trimmed its loss as sales grew.</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6591290.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:25:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>Profits Advance at Jo-Ann Stores</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6566189.html</link><description>Hudson, Ohio — A successful first quarter was driven by craft textiles at Jo-Ann Stores, the 573-unit fabric and craft retailer said during its recent earnings call. Craft textiles and quilting were singled out specifically as two of four businesses — the others being sewing notions and food crafts</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6566189.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>Profits advance at Jo-Ann Stores</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6565167.html</link><description>Hudson, Ohio – A successful first quarter was driven by craft textiles at Jo-Ann Stores Inc., the 573-unit fabric and craft retailer said during its earnings call Wednesday evening.</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6565167.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 13:17:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>Jo-Ann Stores grabs share in fabric retailing</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6506410.html</link><description>Hudson, Ohio -- Comps, margins and earnings were up in the third quarter for craft and fabric retailer Jo-Ann Stores – but management trimmed back the full-year earnings outlook, reflecting uncertain economic conditions, even as its market share in craft-fabric retailing surges ahead.</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6506410.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:51:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>Jo-Ann Stores acquires Joann.com</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6498545.html</link><description>Hudson, Ohio – Fabric and craft retailer Jo-Ann Stores has acquired full ownership of the website Joann.com from IdeaForest.com, Inc. and with it acquires the 62% of IdeaForest that it did not previously own.</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6498545.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:47:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>Comps rise as loss narrows for Jo-Ann Stores</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6473349.html</link><description>Hudson, Ohio -- Jo-Ann Stores is starting to see “very positive” results from its remodeled stores, and while the 789-unit fabric and craft chain remains cautious about projections, second quarter losses narrowed and comp store sales swung up strongly.</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6473349.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>Soft goods slow at Jo-Ann Stores</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6448100.html</link><description>Hudson, Ohio – While admittedly the first quarter was “historically, our weakest quarter in terms of financial results,” Jo-Ann Stores found silver linings in a few “significant milestones” it reached during the period.</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6448100.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 12:26:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>Clarification on Jo-Ann Stores</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6441394.html</link><description>Due to a proofreading error in yesterday’s HTT Extra, a line of inaccurate revenue figures was featured on the April Sales table, labeled as Jo-Ann Stores results. Retailer Jo-Ann Stores does not report monthly comparative store sales, and should not have been listed on the table. The figures shown</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6441394.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 12:02:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>Jo-Ann Stores improves profitability</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6423929.html</link><description>Hudson, Ohio – Jo-Ann Stores saw a 6.0% falloff in fourth-quarter same store sales and a 5.9% drop in same-store sales for all of 2006 -- but management said this was part of the impact of “planned reductions of holiday inventory and less clearance merchandise,” which are essential parts of the</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6423929.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:45:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>Jo-Ann Stores’ new ceo Darrell Webb speaks on 2Q call</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6362914.html</link><description>Hudson, Ohio – On his first conference call as Jo-Ann Stores Inc.’ new chairman, ceo and president, Darrell Webb outlined his initial priorities – namely filling vacant key executive team posts and familiarizing himself with the company and the industry – during the retailer’s second-quarter</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6362914.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:09:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>Jo-Ann Stores to offer co-branded MasterCard</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6360166.html</link><description>Hudson, Ohio – Jo-Ann Stores is teaming with Barclays Bank Delaware to offer a co-branded platinum MasterCard.</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6360166.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2006 11:21:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>Jo-Ann recruits Fred Meyer’s Webb as top exec</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6349878.html</link><description>Hudson, Ohio -- Jo-Ann Stores has appointed Darrell Webb chairman, president and ceo, effective July 24. Webb has served as president of the Fred Meyer supercenter division of The Kroger Company since 2002. He has worked in retailing for 26 years.</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6349878.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2006 12:37:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>Jo-Ann Stores trims inventory, plans licensed fabric intro</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6335394.html</link><description>Hudson, Ohio – Jo-Ann Stores is attempting to repair practically all aspects of its floundering fabric and craft retailing business with hopes of seeing a positive turnaround starting in the second half of the year. For the first quarter, the company reported a net loss of $6.6 million, worse than</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6335394.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2006 13:08:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>New chief for JoAnn.com</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6328447.html</link><description>El Segundo, Calif. -- IdeaForest, which operates Jo-Ann Stores’ www.JoAnn.com Web site, has named Diana Schulz ceo. She replaces founder and ceo Rich Bergsund, who is resigning to pursue new opportunities</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6328447.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:17:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>Jo-Ann Stores reports tough first quarter</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6313915.html</link><description>Hudson, Ohio -- Hobbled by falling same-store sales, weaker margins and higher costs, and then tripped up by a $27.1 million one-time charge, Jo-Ann Stores recorded a first-quarter loss of $18.0 million, reversing a year-before profit of $32.3 million.</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6313915.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:33:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>Jo-Ann to Reduce Home</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6287548.html</link><description>Hudson, Ohio — The fate of the home category is bleak at Jo-Ann Stores, where sales for textiles and decorative goods have been on a steady decline, forcing the retailer to reduce its shelf space considerably in the coming year. During Jo-Ann Stores Inc.'s third quarter earnings call, Alan</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA6287548.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item><item><title>Edwards leaves Jo-Ann</title><link>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA418997.html</link><description>HUDSON, OHIO — Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. Executive Vice President of Operations Mike Edwards will leave the company at the end of the month to join West Coast retailer Lucy as its president and CEO. Edwards helped Jo-Ann Stores complete its turnaround plan ahead of schedule and has assembled a strong</description><guid>http://www.hometextilestoday.com/article/CA418997.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Jo-Ann Stores Incorporated</category><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.hometextilestoday.com" /></item></channel></rss>