When the renovations took longer than expected, and their store opened late, Mr. Dennis said they had trouble meeting their financial commitments to the partnership.
Economists have been warning that the second half of the year may grow more slowly than expected, and the July same-store sales numbers reflected the slowing pace of recovery.
The figure is triple the nickel profit per share analysts expect, and shares of the department store chain jumped 10.6% despite the steep sales drop.
As the book was released in Britain on Thursday and expected in stores by Friday, Mr. Assange posted a lengthy statement online disowning the project and lashing out against the publisher, Canongate.
Despite April sales figures that came in a little bit better than expected, department stores and specialty chains are getting hit hard as more money shifts to discounters like Wal-Mart, Costco and BJ's Wholesale Club.
The album is the band's sixth studio release and currently expected in stores on Sept. 25.
As expected, store-within-a-store costs extra, but details on that weren't available.
The Oyster will be available in gray, black and white and is expected to reach stores by January.
"We expected 99p Stores to be in poor shape and we weren't disappointed," said Poundland's chief executive, Jim McCarthy.
In December, the company said its quarterly sales tumbled and it expected more franchised stores to close.
