VCR News and Press, Vanguard Consumer Discretion From 05/21/20

By Jharonne Martis Sixty seven percent of companies in our Retail/Restaurant Index have reported Q1 2020 EPS. Of the 143 companies in the index that have reported earnings to date, 59% have reported earnings above analyst expectations, 2% reported earnings in line with analyst expectations...

By James T. Tierney, Jr., Anna Toshach Economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has battered a US retail industry already experiencing seismic change. But companies with effective, multichannel consumer models in place before the crisis will compound these advantages on the other sid...

Q1 E-Commerce Retail Sales : +2.4 % Q/Q vs. +2.6%  in Q4. More news on: Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF, Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF, Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF, News on the U.S. economy, News on ETFs Read more ...

By James Knightley April retail sales numbers underline the devastation on Main Street and shopping malls across the country caused by Covid-19 containment measures. Re-opening is now getting underway, but ongoing social distancing means this process will be slow while the surge in unemp...

Retail sales plummeted 16.2% on a month-to-month comparison, and were off 16.0% year-over-year in April after backing out the auto and gas categories. More news on: Amazon.com, Inc., Wayfair Inc., Etsy, Inc., Consumer stocks news, Top stock market news, News on ETFs, Top Breaking stock new...

I’ve been looking at this chart a lot over the past few weeks. It shows us that print ad budgets were doing just fine all the way though the first decade or more of the consumer internet. There was even a little spike upward for the Dotcom bubble. Then the financial crisis and r...

By Jharonne Martis. Retailers are getting ready to report Q1 2020 earnings. As they navigate through uncharted territory, many are withdrawing their earnings guidance. The coronavirus pandemic has also prolonged retail store closures all over the world. However, some U.S. states are reopen...

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on consumer behaviour. Anthony Okolie speaks with Anita Bruinsma, Consumer Discretionary Analyst, TD Asset Management, about how COVID-19 is affecting retailers as consumers are shopping more online. Original Read more ...

By Robert Hughes Retail sales and food-services spending plunged 8.7 percent in March following a 0.4 percent drop in February. Excluding the volatile auto and energy categories, core retail sales and food services were down 3.1 percent in March after a fall of 0.2 percent in February. Ove...

Originally published on April 14, 2020 By Robert Hughes Weekly retail same-store sales data from Johnson Redbook reflect the collapse in retail spending as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. For the week ending April 11, the Redbook same-store sales index tumbled 8.3 percent from the p...