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LITTLETON, MA - November 10, 2008 - Dover Saddlery, Inc. (NASDAQ:DOVR), the leading multichannel retailer of equestrian products, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008.
Total revenues for the third quarter of 2008 were $19.0 million, compared to $19.9 million in the third quarter of 2007. Retail store channel revenues increased 6.3% to $5.9 million, driven by our successful new store opening campaign in 2007 and 2008. Same-store sales for the third quarter of 2008 decreased 5.8% over the same period in 2007, attributable to consumer reaction to the current economic uncertainty. Net income for the third quarter was $174,000 or $0.03 per diluted share compared to $444,000 or $0.08 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2007.
Year-to-Date Results
For the first nine months of 2008, total revenues were $56.6 million, a decrease of 3.2% from $58.5 million for the same period in 2007. Revenues from the retail store channel increased 12.5% to $16.0 million, due to new store openings. Same-store sales, positive through the first six months, decreased 1.5% for the nine month period. Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 increased 169% to $65,000, compared to a net loss of $(94,000) for the corresponding period of 2007. The resulting earnings per diluted share improved to $0.01 compared to a loss per diluted share of $(0.02) for the corresponding period in 2007.
"The retail environment in the third quarter was challenging. However we are focused on cutting costs where feasible and maintaining appropriate inventory levels to meet our customers' needs," said Stephen L. Day, President and CEO. "Dover Saddlery has endured through good times and bad for over thirty years, and the strength of our brand and quality of our customer service will contribute to our maintaining our leading position in the equestrian retailing market. I am confident that Dover Saddlery is very well positioned for the future. In 2009 we will make the most of opportunities that should arise regarding favorable store leases, but generally will slow down store expansion plans to focus on profitability. We will be opening our next store in Rhode Island in February, and are presently reviewing lease opportunities for two additional stores."
Business Outlook
Due to the current uncertain economic environment, the Company is neither reaffirming nor disavowing our previous 2008 full year guidance.
Conference Call and Webcast
Dover Saddlery will hold a conference call and webcast on Tuesday November 11, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss its third quarter results. To access the webcast via the Internet, please go to http://investor.shareholder.com/DOVR/events.cfm and click on the webcast icon. A telephone replay will be available from 11:30 a.m. ET until November 18th by dialing 719-4570820, pass code 2450914.
About Dover Saddlery, Inc.
Dover Saddlery, Inc. (NASDAQ:DOVR - News) is the leading multichannel retailer of equestrian products in the United States. Founded in 1975 in Wellesley, Massachusetts, by United States Equestrian team members, Dover Saddlery has grown to become The Source® for equestrian products. Dover offers a broad and distinctive selection of competitively priced, brand-name products for horse and rider through catalogs, the Internet and company-owned retail stores. Dover Saddlery, Inc. serves the English rider and through Smith Brothers, the Western rider. The Source®, Dover Saddlery® and Smith Brothers® are registered marks of Dover Saddlery.
For more information, please call 1-978-952-8062 or visit www.DoverSaddlery.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including without limitation statements made about the Company's business outlook for fiscal 2008, the prospects for overall revenue growth and profitability, and the opening of and revenue growth from new stores. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this press release regarding the company's strategies, plans, objectives, expectations, and future operating results are forward-looking statements. Although Dover believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable at this time, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties, including those discussed in this release and others that can be found in "Item 1A Risk Factors" of Dover Saddlery's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, and in our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
Dover Saddlery is providing this information as of this date and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this document as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed and actual results may differ materially from those Dover Saddlery projects.
Janet Nittmann
jnittmann@doversaddlery.com
Tel 978-952-8062 x218
