date:Mar 08, 2013
er share, for the three months ended Jan. 31, up 18 percent from a year ago. Quarterly net sales rose to just over $1 billion. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected earnings of 70 cents on net sales of $979.5 million.
The company narrowed its full-year earnings outlook to a range of $2.60 to $2.68 per share from $2.58 to $2.70 per share.
It said its sales were especially strong in emerging markets led by Turkey and Russia, where combined net sales grew more than 35 percent in the nine-month pe