Titan Machinery followed through on its April 10 announcement that it would close and/or consolidate 8 of its stores and reduce its overall headcount to improve the performance of its construction equipment operations and counteract the slowdown in ag machinery sales. This allowed the company to report that it increased its overall revenues by 5.4% during the first quarter of fiscal year 2015.

Nonetheless, the company is still confronted with excess equipment inventory, declining values…