St. Louis-based Core & Main, Inc. reported more than $1.4 billion in net sales for the fiscal third quarter of 2021, a 38.7% increase over the same period a year ago. The distributor of water, wastewater, storm drainage and fire protection products also reported net income of $109.3 million, a 406% increase compared to fiscal […]
Category: 2021 3Q
Real GDP Up Slightly in New 3Q Estimate
Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 2.1% in the third quarter of 2021, according to the “second” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the second quarter, real GDP increased 6.7%. The GDP estimate released Wednesday was based on more complete source data than were available for the “advance” […]
Selected Service 3Q Revenue Rises
Advance U.S. selected services total revenue for the third quarter of 2021 was $4,524.9 billion, an increase of 3.7% over 2021’s second quarter and 15.2% over the third quarter last year, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau. The first quarter of 2021 to second quarter of 2021 percentage change was revised from […]
Ace Has ‘Record’ 3Q
Oak Brook, Illinois-based Ace Hardware Corporation reported “record” third-quarter revenues of $2 billion, an increase of $28.1 million, or 1.4%, from the third quarter of 2020. Ace’s net income for 2021 3Q was $99.3 million, an increase of about $600,000 over the third quarter of 2020. U.S. retail same-store-sales reported by the approximately 3,400 Ace […]
