** Shares in casual apparel chain LE.N drop 16% premarket
to 18.45% - set for their lowest in nearly a year - on earnings
miss
** Co posts Q3 revenue of $375.8 mln, missing analysts'
estimates of $397.05 mln - Refinitiv data
** LE also expects Q4 EPS of between 27 cents and 36 cents,
well below average estimates of 65 cents, according to Refinitiv
data
** Co cites supply chain delays hampering its Q3 performance
and early Q4 sales
** In September, the firm said it expects its H2 gross
margins to be hit by higher shipping costs as it faces shipping
delays, port congestion and manufacturing interruptions,
particularly in Vietnam urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2Q436U
** YTD, shares up 2%
(Reporting by Anisha Sircar in Bengaluru)
((Anisha.Sircar@thomsonreuters.com;))