** Shares of Kohl's KSS.N rise 9% to $14.19 premarket

** The department store chain posts a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss as efforts to cut costs and expand product categories start to pay off

** Posts Q1 net loss / shr of 13 cents; analysts on average expected 19 cents - data compiled by LSEG

** Logs Q1 net sales of $3 billion in line with estimates

** As of last close, stock down ~40% YTD