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Zale Corp.

(ZLC) is in the Retail Industry

Market Cap:$162.4M

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$2.1B

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Zale Corporation is a leading specialty retailer of fine jewelry in North America, operating approximately 2,150 retail locations throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, as well as online. Zale Corporation's brands include Zales Jewelers, Zales Outlet, Gordon's Jewelers, Peoples Jewellers, Mappins Jewellers and Piercing Pagoda.

Number of Employees 15,500

Contact Information

901 W Walnut Hill Ln

Irving, Texas 75038-1003

www.zalecorp.co...

(972) 580-4000

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Jewelry Stores: 448310

Company News

Recent Events

Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP Files Class Action Suit Against Zale Corporation

11/19/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Zale Corporation

11/25/09 - Lawsuit Filed - View Story
Zale's 1Q loss widens but beats expectations

11/24/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Izard Nobel LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Zale Corporation

11/11/09 - Lawsuit Filed - View Story
UPDATE 1-Zale says SEC probes accounting issues, shares fall

10/30/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - CFO - View Story
Zale reports accounting investigation by SEC

10/31/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Investors stick by Zale despite twice-delayed earnings report

9/16/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - Vice President - View Story
Zale Corp. delays earnings release

9/09/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Zale hires top ad executive in marketing coup

7/23/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Marketing - View Story
Zale Names Richard A. Lennox as Its New Chief Marketing Officer

7/22/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Vice President - View Story
BRIEF: Zale loses top marketing executive, controller

7/04/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - Other - View Story

News & Analysis

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Zale Corporation F3Q09 (Qtr End 04/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha - 2009-05-27

Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Lorraine Hutchinson – Banc of America/Merrill Lynch Lorraine Hutchinson – Banc of America/Merrill Lynch Two questions please, first would you be able to quantify what comp you would need in order to be free cash flow...

Tags: Reduction, Call Transcript, Earnings, Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Sales, Finance, Seeking Alpha, Zale Corp.
Zale Corporation Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha - 2009-02-25

Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Your first question is from the line of Lorraine Maikis Hutchison with Bank of America-Merrill Lynch. Neal Goldberg Hello Lorraine. Lorraine Maikis - Banc of America-Merrill Lynch Thank you. Good morning. Can you provide us with some idea of where you expect free cash flow...

Tags: Call Transcript, Clearance, Earnings, Operational Accounting, Personal Finance, Benefits, Finance, Human Resources, Seeking Alpha, Zale Corp.
Zales Corporation F1Q09 (Qtr End 10/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-25

Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions The first question comes from Lorraine Maikis - Merrill Lynch. Lorraine Maikis - Merrill Lynch You have been talking about this SG&A reduction plan for a while and SG&A dollars this quarter were flat despite the decline in sales so can you...

Tags: Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Call Transcript, Earnings, Refinement, Operational Accounting, Payroll Solutions, Finance, Seeking Alpha, Zale Corp.
Zale Announces Change in Auditors

- 2008-05-01

DALLAS -- Zale Corporation (NYSE: ZLC), a leading specialty retailer of fine jewelry in North America, today announced that it has engaged Ernst & Young to serve as the Company's independent public accountants for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2008. Ernst & Young will replace KPMG. The Company...

Tags: Company, Ernst & Young LLP, FINANCE, KPMG Consulting Inc., Zale Corp.
Zale says SEC is examining its accounting procedures

- 2006-04-11

DALLAS AP -- Jewelry retailer Zale Corp. said Monday the Securities and Exchange Commission has started a probe into its accounting, executive pay and other matters. Shares of Zale fell $2.64, or 9.5 percent, to close at $25.16 on the New York Stock Exchange after the news. They...

Tags: accounting, FINANCE, SEC, Zale Corp.

Bringing up baby: The no longer nascent segment, SMID Caps, takes a step into maturity with outperformance in two official indexes. (Smid Cap Stocks).(Statistical Data Included)

- 2002-04-01

The recently discovered market segment coined the 'smid caps' by Prudential's Steven DeSanctis is an intriguing combination of small caps and mid-caps. What's more, it's become official, thanks to two new indexes. DeSanctis, director of small-cap research at Prudential Securities, has done...

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eFANshop Announces Board of Directors

- 2000-04-11

Business/Technology Editors DALLAS--BUSINESS WIRE--April 11, 2000 eFANshop, a Dallas-based e-commerce start-up that provides the complete online shopping solution to news, sports and entertainment web sites, today announced six members of its board of directors. The announcement was made by Marc L. Andres, chairman and founder of eFANshop....

Tags: board, e-business, E-business/E-commerce, FINANCE, INTERNET, marketing, NBA, News Corp., president, Zale Corp.
Zale, Tiffany Stocks Fall on Interest-Rate Fears.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)

- 2000-03-23

Mar. 23--Stocks of Zale Corp. and Tiffany & Co. faltered yesterday after a Merrill Lynch & Co. analyst said rising interest rates could affect jewelry sales this year. Mark Friedman, an analyst in New York, revised his intermediate-term ratings from "buy" to "accumulate" ...

Tags: analyst, FINANCE, SALES, Tiffany & Co. Inc., Zale Corp.
Zale Corporation announces common stock offering

- 1996-06-04

DALLAS--BUSINESS WIRE--June 4, 1996--Zale Corporation (Nasdaq:ZALE) announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a public offering of 7,126,000 shares of Common Stock. Of the shares to be sold, 2,250,146 are being offered for sale by the Company, and 4,875,854 are...

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