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Among strong, positive numbers, industrial production rose 1.6% in December, while the manufacturing component rose by 1.0%. Nominal retail sales declined -1.0% in December. Excluding the food services sector, which has been especially hard hit by the pandemic and lockdowns, sales wer...
COVID-19 didn't cause physical retail's steep decline - it just accelerated it. Retail survivors and thrivers will invest in the apps and digital tools that eliminate friction from the shopping experience. Consumers in the U.S., U.K., and Australia consistently rate the in-store s...
Consumer spending fell 0.4% in November, its first drop since the April when the Coronacrisis was about at its worst. Bankruptcies of major US companies scaled old heights in December to finally hit their 2011 levels with 16 major companies filing in December. Job losses jumped fo...
In the second quarter, real household spending fell at an annualized rate of 33%. Relative strength in consumer stocks slipped this fall, although the sector is still the second-best performer year-to-date. Fungible spending creates an opportunity to invest in market segments that...
First Trust Nasdaq Retail ETF (FTXD) declares $0.0745/share quarterly dividend, 148.3% increase from prior dividend of $0.0300.Forward yield 1.03%Payable Dec. 31; for shareholders of record Dec. 28; ex-div Dec. 24.See FTXD Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. For further ...
The economic recovery that arises from COVID vaccination will bring relief to some retailers, but what about those whose sales grew during the pandemic? Will they enjoy permanently higher sales, or return to normal, or will they learn that their 2020 sales gains were simply borrowing ...
Retail sales fell 1.1% M/M in November during a month that saw many Black Friday shopping events pushed to earlier on the calendar in a pandemic adjustment which impacted the month-to-month comparison. Retail sales actually rose 4.1% on a Y/Y comparison. After stripping out auto and gas, reta...
Oppenheimer throws some gloom on top of what has been generally positive forecasts for holiday retail sales, although investors with a longer time frame are seen having an opportunity to take advantage. Analyst Rupesh Parikh: "With growing COVID-19 infections and state-specific restrictions s...
The National Retail Federation says it saw the expected shift to digital by consumers during the Black Friday to Cyber Monday shopping period, For the first time ever, the number of online shoppers on Black Friday topped 100M and was 8% higher than a year ago. Overall, there were 186M shopper...
Navigating the holiday season during the COVID-19 pandemic is sure to heighten anxiety levels for retailers and consumers alike in 2020. But US consumers have found a way to spend money amid the chaos and retail has been a key beneficiary of a widespread shift in spending from service...
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Index-based ETFs that provide exposure to companies engaged in streaming & gaming, future vehicles and e-commerce First Trust Advisors L.P. (“First Trust”), a leading exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) provider and asset manager, announced today...
First Trust Nasdaq Retail ETF (Nasdaq: FTXD) (the “Fund”), an exchange-traded index fund and a series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI (the “Trust”), previously announced changes to its investment objective, the Fund’s name and its ticker symbol....
First Trust Advisors L.P. ("FTA") announces the declaration of distributions for 115 exchange-traded funds (each a “Fund,” collectively, the “Funds”) advised by FTA. The following dates apply to today's distribution declarations: FTA is a federally registe...