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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...
By Jharonne Martis The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has caused many retailers to close their physical stores, causing a sudden increase of excess inventory. Nike (NKE) alone saw an inventory spike of 7% in the fiscal quarter ending February 2020. Retailers are turning to different measures ...
The U.S. stock market has just gone through the worst quarter in history, and investors are eager to know what this could mean for the markets going forward. Unfortunately, nobody can consistently predict the market, and trying to make those kinds of predictions generally produces more harm th...
Introduction I have been saying for the past few weeks that the news would outrun the data. That being said, the impact of the coronavirus would first show up in the weekly high frequency indicators. Chain store sales show stockpiling This morning, we got two important reads on chain s...
Cowen warns that the pain in retail isn't just a short-term fear factor that will evaporate easily. More news on: Walmart Inc., Target Corporation, Costco Wholesale Corporation, Consumer stocks news, Stocks on the move, News on ETFs Read more ...
As I often note when commenting about consumer related data, the consumer is important due to the fact they account for 70% of economic activity in the U.S. With the current economic cycle the longest on record, the consumer continues to show strength and remain in good financial shape. And ...