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Fred's Inc. (FRED) is in the Retail Industry
- Revenue
- Feb 02 2008
- $1.7B
- Profit
- Feb 02 2008
- $10.7M
- Market Cap
- Oct 09 2008
- $404.8M
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Underdog Smallcaps: Potential Short Squeezes
J Clinton Hill submits: Most bullies like to pick on smaller guys who often can do little to resist their sheer size and brute strength. The market is no exception and its bullies are the hedge funds and professional traders who typically "gang up" against smallcap stocks. Yet, as...
Fred’s Inc. F2Q08 (Qtr End 08/02/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Patrick Mckeever - Mkm Partners Llc. Patrick Mckeever - Mkm Partners Llc On the gross margin decline in the quarter, how did that compare to your internal expectations? Jerry Shore I will answer that first...
Fred’s Inc. F1Q08 (Qtr End 5/3/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Unidentified Analyst with William Blair & Company, L.L.C Unidentified Analyst - William Blair & Company, L.L.C Jerry, you had talked a little bit about the inventory being down 4% year-over-year. It looked like the payables on your balance...
Fred’s Inc. F4Q07 (Qtr End 2/2/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions We’ll go to Charles Brohm of JP Morgan Chase. Charles Brohm - JP Morgan Chase Thanks, good morning. You’re 1Q comp outlook Jerry just talked about, implies a pretty nice pickup sequentially, and I know February ex the leap year,...
Fred's Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you, sir. Operator Instructions We will go first to David Cumberland of Robert W. Baird. David Cumberland - Robert W. Baird Good morning. Thank you. On the shift in costs, did that negatively impact gross margin? Jerry Shore Yes, David, it did. That's where the effect...
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Safeway Launches Events and Fundraising for Prostate Cancer Campaign
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Safeway Launches Events and Fundraising for Prostate Cancer CampaignC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Safeway is kicking off its annual prostate cancer fundraising and awareness campaign this week. The company said this marks the eighth consecutive year that Safeway...
Confident Rays expect postseason success
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. AP -- Playoff novices or not, the Tampa Bay Rays see no reason why they can't keep winning. "When you believe, and you've got the talent to do it," veteran designated hitter Cliff Floyd said, "anything can happen." The surprising AL...
Rays turn kooky stadium into home-field advantage
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. AP -- James Shields listens to horror stories about Tropicana Field, shrugs his shoulders and smiles. "We don't complain," the 26-year-old right-hander said, "because we have to play here." It has taken years, but the Tampa Bay Rays have finally transformed...
Gyno problems you shouldn't ignore: most women write off bloating, cramps, and more as routine problems. But new research shows that these symptoms may raise your risk of infertility, STDs, and other serious illnesses. Here's what you need to know
Spotting. Itching. Tenderness. When below-the-belt symptoms crop up, your first impulse is probably to slip into a pair of pajamas and curl up on the couch. Holing away for a night or two is fine, but what if your symptoms last for weeks or even months? "When it...
Top Bloggers Compete in Support of Public Schools; DonorsChoose.org Blogger Challenge Sets Off Philanthropic Clash of the Titans
Bloggers big and small, including top sitessuch as TechCrunch, Engadget, and BoingBoing, challenged their readerstoday to make donations to high-need public schools. The 2008 BloggerChallenge is powered by DonorsChoose.org, an acclaimed nonprofit websitewhere teachers post project requests for materials that their students needto learn, and donors can choose the...
American Resource Technologies, Inc. Announces Microbe Treatment
American Resource Technologies, Inc.(PINKSHEETS: ARUR) has been informed by the operator they treated threewells on the Lindley, the Ownbey, and the Noll leases with a microbesolution which has successfully improved the viscosity and fluid movementnear the well bore in other cases. The Company's president, Mr. Fred Oden,III, said, "We...
EnterpriseDB Names Fred Holahan Vice President of Marketing
EnterpriseDB, the leading enterprise open source database company, todayannounced that it has named Fred Holahan as the company's vice president ofmarketing. Holahan will report directly to chief executive officer EdBoyajian. Biographies of the company's entire leadership team are availableat http://www.enterprisedb.com/about/executive_team.do . Prior to joining EnterpriseDB, Holahan was...
Rothschild Investment Corporation's "401k University Series" Welcomes Fred Reish, Nationally Renowned Employee Benefits Author and Attorney
CHICAGO -- In December 2007, the Department of Labor established new rules that approved target date funds as a qualified default investment alternative in retirement plans. Since then, target date funds, which offer automatic portfolio rebalancing as participants progress toward retirement, have increasingly replaced historically low-yielding money market funds as...
Issaquah Rotary Partners With SAMA Foundation to Help Fight Drug Addiction
ISSAQUAH, Wash., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time, athletes and community members taking part in the Issaquah Rotary Run can help battle youth substance abuse by participating in the 32nd annual run. Issaquah Rotary this year partnered with the Science And Management of Addictions SAMA Foundation, to...
PPD Confirms Takeda's NDA Submission of Alogliptin in Japan
WILMINGTON, N.C. -- PPD, Inc. (NASDAQ:PPDI) today confirmed that Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited has submitted a new drug application for alogliptin, a highly selective DPP-4 inhibitor for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan. PPD partnered with Takeda to develop the...
Cal-Maine Foods Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2009 Results
JACKSON, Miss. -- Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM) today announced results for its first quarter of fiscal 2009 ended August 30, 2008. For the first quarter of fiscal 2009, net sales were $206.9 million, compared with net sales of $178.6 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2008....
Commentary: Remembering Frederick DeKuyper, former general counsel
Fred DeKuyper, retired associate general counsel at the Johns Hopkins University for more than three decades, died last week; he was only 70. Aside from what was referred to outside counsel, Fred and ultimately six colleagues handled all of the university's legal matters -- a massive workload by anyone's standards....
5,000 Underprivileged Kids Receive Brand New Athletic Shoes, Clothing & School Supplies at the Fred Jordan Missions' 20th Annual Back-To-School Giveaway
105,000 Children Have Been Helped Over the Last 20 Years Because of a Unique Partnership Between Foot Locker and the Fred Jordan Missions LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: Several thousand of Southern California's underprivileged ...
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CLUBS, MEETINGS Daughters of Isabelle Little Flower Circle No. 503, 1 p.m. today, Rossiter Hall, 204 S.W. 8th. Rosary for deceased and sick members will precede the meeting. Topeka/Shawnee County Riverfront Authority, 9 a.m. Monday, 1020 S. Kansas Ave. After...
PIRATES CALL ALL THE SHOTS AS SOMALI CARGO SHIP HIJACKERS DEMAND AN
SOMALI pirates who seized a Ukrainian ship carrying 33 T-72 battle tanks - apparently bound for the autonomous government of South Sudan - yesterday warned against any attempt by Western navies to rescue the vessel's weapons cargo or its crew. Januna Ali Jama, a spokesman for the...
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- Incorporated: 1947
- CEO: Mr. Michael J. Hayes
Fred's is engaged in the sale of general merchandise through its retail discount stores and full service pharmacies. As of Feb 2 2008, Co. operated 692 discount general merchandise stores located in 15 states primarily in the southeastern U.S. Also, at Feb 2 2008, full service pharmacies are included in 296 of Co.'s stores. Co.'s stores generally serve low, middle and fixed income families located in small- to medium- sized towns (approximately 65.0% of Co.'s stores are in markets with populations of 15,000 or fewer people). In addition, Co. markets goods and services to its 24 franchised Fred's stores. Co.'s stores stock over 12,000 frequently purchased items.
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Fred's Inc. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. Michael J. Hayes
Chairman
Mr. John R. Eisenman
Mr. Roger T. Knox
Mr. Thomas H. Tashjian
Ms. B. Mary McNabb
Mr. Michael T. McMillan
Contact Information
4300 New Getwell Road
Memphis, TN
901 365-8880
NAICS Code
All Other General Merchandise Stores: 452990Brought to you by IBM
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