This chain hailed by Wall Street as a 'retail treasure' is the most disastrous store we've ever seen
The discount chain last week reported same-store sales growth of 3%, which was driven by higher traffic and increases in how much customers are spending per transaction.
Ross also reported better-than-expected earnings of $321 million, or $0.82 per diluted share, versus the $290.6 million, or $0.73 per diluted share that analysts had predicted.
We went to a Ross store in Richmond, Virginia, to see how this "treasure" is luring so many customers when department stores are seeing sales and traffic plunge.
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