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Macy's closes out a horrendous year with hope for 2021

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NEW YORK – Macy's fourth-quarter profit plunged 52% and sales slid nearly 19%. In the context of a year spent under the weight of a pandemic, that was seen as a pretty good ending to 2020 for the besieged department store.

Shares rose more than 3% before the opening bell Tuesday with Macy's predicting sales of up to $20.75 billion this year, far exceeding the roughly $17 billion that Wall Street had been projecting.

Macy's also expects adjusted earnings per share in the range of 40 cents to 90 cents for the year, much better than the $2.92 loss that analysts forecast, according to FactSet. “Macy’s, Inc.

anticipates 2021 as a recovery and rebuilding year as the company sets a foundation for growth, " the department store said in its release.

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