** Shares of department store chain Dillard's Inc DDS.N
jump 7.1% premarket to a record high of $317.0
** Co's Q3 EPS jumps sevenfold to $9.81, blows past
Refinitiv IBES estimates of $5.52 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBw616VRQa
** Profit underpinned by a 47% jump in Q3 retail sales; Co
says margins helped by improving customer demand and better
inventory management
** Stock up nearly 370% YTD, widely outpacing peers Macy's
Inc M.N and Kohls Corp KSS.N , which have risen 165% and 43%,
respectively
(Reporting by Ambar Warrick)
((Ambar.Warrick@thomsonreuters.com; +91-80-6182-2837;))