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| Shinsegae Department Store in Jung District, central Seoul / Korea Times file |
Shinsegae on Wednesday reported its first-quarter net profit of 128.6 billion won ($97.1 million), down 14.8 percent from a year earlier.
The company said in a regulatory filing that operating profit for the January-March period fell 6.9 percent on-year to 152.4 billion won. Revenue decreased 11.5 percent to 1.56 trillion won.
The earnings exceeded market expectations. The average estimate of net profit by analysts stood at 72.7 billion won, according to a survey by Yonhap Infomax, the financial data firm of Yonhap News Agency. (Yonhap)
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