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Retail sales forecast to rise as much as 8% this year against pandemic
comparable
- The National Retail Federation forecasts retail sales will grow
between 6.5% to 8.2% to more than $4.33T in 2021 as more individuals get
vaccinated and the economy reopens.
- "Despite the continuing health and economic challenges COVID-19
presents, we are very optimistic that healthy consumer fundamentals,
pent-up demand and widespread distribution of the vaccine will generate
increased economic growth, retail sales and consumer spending," says NRF
President /CEO Matthew Shay
- Early results show that retail sales in 2020 grew 6.7% to $4.06T,
which of course included the period of intense pandemic disruption
(online
up, brick-and-mortar down).
- The NRF forecast for 2021 makes the principal assumption that the
vaccination will be effective and permits accelerated growth during the
mid-year.
- The set-up looks favorable for retailers like Walmart (WMT-1.3%),
Target (TGT-0.3%), Best Buy (BBY-1.0%) and Costco (COST-0.8%).
- Bank of America called out Tempur-Sealy International (TPX+0.9%), RH (
RH-0.7%) and Advance Auto Parts (AAP-0.8%) as retailer sleeper picks.
|Today, 11:23 AM|5 Comments
Retail sales forecast to rise as much as 8% this year against pandemic
comparable
- The National Retail Federation forecasts retail sales will grow
between 6.5% to 8.2% to more than $4.33T in 2021 as more individuals get
vaccinated and the economy reopens.
- "Despite the continuing health and economic challenges COVID-19
presents, we are very optimistic that healthy consumer fundamentals,
pent-up demand and widespread distribution of the vaccine will generate
increased economic growth, retail sales and consumer spending," says NRF
President /CEO Matthew Shay
- Early results show that retail sales in 2020 grew 6.7% to $4.06T,
which of course included the period of intense pandemic disruption
(online
up, brick-and-mortar down).
- The NRF forecast for 2021 makes the principal assumption that the
vaccination will be effective and permits accelerated growth during the
mid-year.
- The set-up looks favorable for retailers like Walmart (WMT-1.3%),
Target (TGT-0.3%), Best Buy (BBY-1.0%) and Costco (COST-0.8%).
- Bank of America called out Tempur-Sealy International (TPX+0.9%), RH (
RH-0.7%) and Advance Auto Parts (AAP-0.8%) as retailer sleeper picks.
|Today, 11:23 AM|5 Comments
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