Coldwater Sales Up, Earnings Down

Sandpoint, ID–Women’s apparel cataloger Coldwater Creek increased 8% for the quarter ended Aug. 26, to $92.8 million, from $86.3 million. Quarterly net income, however, tumbled 28%, to $1.3 million, compared with $1.8 million last year. Net sales from Coldwater’s direct channel, which include the catalog and Web business, increased 1%, to $81.1 million, from $80.2 million last year.