Dillard's Inc. on Thursday reported a quarterly profit of $129.8 million, or $8.31 per share, compared to $124.6 million, or $7.73 per share, a year ago.

The results beat the Zacks Equity Research estimate of $6.43 per share.

Net sales for the quarter came to $1.469 billion, compared to $1.427 billion, a year ago. Net sales includes the operations of Dillard's construction business, CDI Contractors, LLC.

Little Rock-based Dillard's reported total retail sales (excluding CDI) for the 13 weeks that ended Nov. 1 were $1.401 billion, up from $1.356 billion in the same quarter a year ago.

"We were happy to see sales strength continue through the third quarter, ending up 3%," said Dillard's Chief Executive Officer William T. Dillard, II. "We look forward to seeing and serving our customers t

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