chicos fas inc on wednesday reported betterthanexpected quarterly sales and earnings and forecast fullyear profit that exceeds wall street views the fort myers fla fashion retailer reported net income of 419 million or 34 cents a share for its fiscal second quarter ended july 30 up from 262 million or 21 cents a share a year earlier analysts polled by factset on average had been expecting a profit of 25 cents a share sales rose 184 to 5587 million amid a 195 rise in comparable sales the company said analysts had penciled in sales of 5439 million and a 175 increase in comparable store sales chicos said it expects a fullyear pershare profit of 79 cents to 87 cents on sales of 214 billion to 217 billion analysts are looking for earnings of 72 cents a share on sales of 215 billion for the year