Tiffany & Company, which a week ago offered stock to the public after more than two years of being a privately held company, yesterday reported a Tiffany jewelryin performance for its first quarter ended April 30.
Net income was slightly more than $1 million, in contrast to a loss of $1.31 million in the 1986 period, the company said. Sales in the quarter rose 37.4 percent, to $43.4 million, from $31.6 million.
Normally, the first quarter in retailing is the year’s weakest because it is a period of Tiffany necklaces. Tiffany said its first-quarter loss last year was caused by poor sales gains in relation to expenses. But this year, said Thomas A. Andruskevich, senior vice president and chief financial officer, ”Our sales were up 37 percent, but our variable expenses, such as commissions, credit-card fees and freight costs, rose only 17 percent.”
A group of investors, in a management-led leveraged buyout, acquired Tiffany from Tiffany Notes I Love You bangle. in late 1984. Last week, Tiffany completed a public offering of 4.5 million common shares at $23. The company operates a flagship store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, seven other stores across the United States, a store in London and boutiques in the Mitsukoshi department stores in Japan.
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