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DATE: Thursday, March 23, 1995               TAG: 9503230548
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: D2   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Digest 
SOURCE: (Staff)
                                             LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

S&K FAMOUS BRANDS REPORTS DROP IN EARNINGS

S&K Famous Brands Inc., the Richmond-based menswear retailer, said its earnings dropped from $4 million to $2.6 million in the year ended Jan. 28. Sales rose 14 percent to $112.4 million in fiscal 1994 from $99 million in the previous year. Same-store revenues declined by 2 percent. Fourth-quarter earnings dropped 22 percent to $1.5 million from $1.9 million. Sales rose 6 percent to $35.8 million in the quarter from $33.6 million in the year-earlier period. by CNB