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Retail sales rose for the sixth month in a row in October, with sales significantly better than the same time a year ago with some holiday shopping pulled forward.Retail sales were up 10.6% Y/Y during the month after the gas, auto dealers and restaurant categories were stripped out."Consumers...
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 ...
Large-cap Value just generated a Buy signal over Growth for the first time since November of 2007. There are positive differences between now and other periods when Value showed signs of outperformance. Financial stocks are the largest segment of Value indexes currently, and a wid...
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...
Friday morning personal income and spending for September was reported. Both real income and spending increased, which is positive - and surprising. While real retail sales have exceeded their precession peak, the broader measure of real personal spending has still only recovered ...
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...
This 5% decline in consumer spending intentions for the holidays is in stark contrast to the 4% increase that the National Retail Federation found a year ago in its October 2019 survey. If consumer spending intentions on gifts translate into some sort of reality, total retail spending...
SPDR S&P is facing cross-currents nowadays. Trying to predict the future is a loser's game, investors should rather focus on analyzing market conditions and adapting to them. When consumer discretionary stocks are outperforming consumer staples stocks, this is typically bullis...
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...