By Jharonne Martis
Retailers continue to report Q1 2019 earnings, and 35 retailers have mentioned tariffs during their Q1 earnings call. The department stores really struggled and posted weak results on May 21. JW Nordstrom (JWN) said during its earnings call, "during the first quarter, we had some executional misses with the customer experience that had an impact on sales across full-price and off-price, both in stores and online." (Source: Q1 2019 Nordstrom earnings call, 05/21/2019)
Most of the department stores registered negative same-store sales. Only Dillard's (DDS) and Macy's (M) had positive sales, and