NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- No. 3 U.S. office-supplies chain
OfficeMax Inc. said Thursday that its third-quarter profit rose to $21.5 million, or 25 cents a share, from $20 million, or 23 cents, a year earlier. Sales fell 2.1% to $1.77 billion from $1.81 billion. OfficeMax was expected to earn 24 cents a share on sales of $1.807 billion, according to FactSet. Retail same-store sales dropped 4.3%, hurt by declines in the U.S. market. While sales trends remain soft, the U.S. sales percentage drop in October was "slightly less" than the decline in the third quarter, the company said. The company forecast fourth-quarter sales to be slightly higher from a year earlier. OfficeMax shares rose 2.5% to $5.40 in premarket trading.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
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