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Best quarter in years for the specialty chain
 

 

Gap reported its best quarter in at least four years, beating EPS and revenue estimates and raising margin guidance for the critical holiday quarter. Gap Inc. operates four divisions—Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, and Athleta—but over...
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Target Stumbles, TJX and Williams-Sonoma Shine
The retailers reported about as expected this morning. The good stores beat and guided to a decent Q4. Target mentioned consumer sentiment a few times, guided revenue lower, and announced a huge capex expansion for next year, suggesting estimates will...
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The Future of Walmart without Doug McMillon
 

 

In an unexpected development, Doug McMillon announced he will step down as CEO of Walmart at the end of...

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Walmart, Home Depot, Gap and more set to report next week
 

 

Asked about his Hollywood success, screenwriter William Goldman famously said, “Nobody knows anything.”

This year, Wall Street forecasters face unique challenges: economic data has been unavailable for six weeks, consumer...

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The World's Best Retailer is Back
  Shares of Amazon are hitting all-time highs in the pre-market after AWS growth exceeded 20% for the first time since 2022. This has alleviated concerns that the company was losing market share in AI and the cloud, despite years of massive...
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Chartfest Tuesday

 

Keeping it visual today ahead of a busy earnings week. Starbucks and Amazon ahead of earnings, 2 winning trades on Mattel and Hasbro, Deckers gets a micro-bounce and a Minnesota double shot. 

99% charts, 110% value. Enjoy!

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Undoing the past

 

 

 

Nike Report Card Nike beat expectations on the top and bottom lines but cautioned the “Holiday Quarter” (Nike’s Q2) would be slightly weaker than analyst estimates. In yesterday’s preview, I suggested...
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Nike reports tonight. Here's how they got into this mess.

 

 

 

Nike's investor relations homepage features a Mission Statement that all but screams written by committee. “Nike, Inc. is a Growth Company,” it declares, “We create innovative, must-have products. We build deep, personal...
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Hollywood Goes Denim, restaurants reporting and Gov't Data Breakdown

 

 

 

1. Hollywood Goes Denim

Last week in a Members only...

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Catching more of last week's rally. Getting ready for RH

Weekly video for September 10th.

 

The strong keep getting stronger. This isn't time to be calling bottoms on retail stocks still trending lower. Get ready for the Dead show that is RH earnigns and Lovesac; all this in more!

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A quick breakdown of what you need to know about today's earnings

Kohl's, Williams-Sonoma beat! Abercrombie is a tale of two companies. Foot Locker is barely trying ahead of Dick's takeover.

Here's my instant-reaction to this morning's retail earnings. 

 

Kohl's...

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Huge earnings week for the mall! Furniture stocks burning!

It's the last week of summer and the biggest week of the year as retail earnings hit maximum intensity in the next 5 days. Here's what I'm watching while most of the other adults are on vacation:

 

 

1. The Earnings Flood...

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