ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, August 26, 1993                   TAG: 9308260046
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B-7   EDITION: METRO 
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REPORTED EARNINGS

S&K Famous Brands

S&K Famous Brands Inc., the Richmond-based chain of discount menswear, Wednesday reported second-quarter profits up 25 percent, to $766,000, or 16 cents per share, from $612,000, or 13 cents per share, in the 1992 quarter. Sales totaled $21.2 million, up 13 percent from $18.7 million.

Six-months profits rose 23 percent, from $1.2 million to $1.5 million. Per-share earnings were 32 cents, up from 26 cents.

Dibrell Brothers

Dibrell Brothers Inc., a Danville tobacco processor and importer and exporter of fresh flowers, on Wednesday reported that income before extraordinary items rose 25 percent in its 1993 fiscal year to a record $38.3 million, or $2.87 per share, from last year's $30.6 million, or $2.31 per share. Net sales decreased 1.4 percent to $1.065 billion.

For the quarter, income before extraordinary items rose 57.4 percent to a record $13.3 million, or 99 cents per share, from $8.4 million, or 63 cents per share a year earlier. Sales fell 12.6 percent to $260.1 million from $297.5 million.



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