CLIX News and Press, ProShares Long Online/Short Stores From 11/23/20

Lockdowns triggered a huge spike in online sales of every kind, but then the question was where this would stabilise. In the USA, where lockdowns have been pretty patchy, ecommerce was ~17% of addressable retail at the beginning of the year. Amazon is having a good lockdown, but s...

U.S. retailers are getting ready to report Q3 2020 earnings. The Refinitiv U.S. Retail and Restaurant Q3 earnings index is expected to decline by -13.8%. When looking at the earnings growth rates for Q3 for the 206 retailers tracked by Refinitiv, the Leisure Products and Internet ...

Pushed to the brink by the pandemic, Mall REITs entered 2020 on unstable footing following a tsunami of store closings over the past decade, and the forthcoming vaccines may be too-little-too-late. Despite improving rent collection and foot traffic, earnings reports revealed that...

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a number of retailers filing for bankruptcies and store closures. Canadian retailers like Lululemon and Aritzia are weathering the storm. High unemployment and reduced government benefits could negatively impact holiday sales. For further det...

The coronavirus pandemic continues to restrain normal activities, including traditional Halloween events, such as trick or treating and costume parties. As a result, retailers are feeling the pinch of a very scary Halloween season. The National Retail Federation says that total Ha...

Investors can choose from a variety of ETFs to take advantage of the surprising boom in consumer spending. Retail sales for September trounced forecasts according to data released Friday. Retail sales are now up year-over-year for five consecutive months and at new highs, market observer...

With the release of September Retail Sales and the Consumer Price Index, we've updated this commentary to include the latest Real Retail Sales. Month-over-month nominal sales in September increased by 1.91%. Real Retail Sales, calculated with the seasonally adjusted Consumer Price...

Retail sales and food-services spending posted a strong gain in September. The September gain was the fifth in a row. Core retail sales, which exclude motor vehicles and gasoline retailers, posted a 1.5 percent gain for the month. Unit vehicle sales, reported earlier in the mo...

Industrial production has a 100-year-plus record of measuring the production side of the economy. Similarly, retail sales have a 70-year-plus record of measuring the consumption side of the economy. In September, both surprised, as production failed to confirm leading indicators a...

Among the largest names in retail, as represented by the MVIS U.S. Listed Retail 25 Index, the differences between winners and losers this year is dramatic. The difference separating many of the names into winners and losers is their ability to leverage not only ecommerce, but all cha...