Macke's Retail Roundup Articles

There's been a new addition to the market-trouncing Retail Roundup10 Portfolio.

Click here to see what stock I'm adding as Wall Street squirms. 

Starbucks shares are racing toward $100 on "market chatter" of a possible China exit.

Here's why it matters and what it means for the stock.

Stitch Fix keeps refusing to die. The all-but-forgotten clothing box membership service is seeing shares jump after losing less and selling more than analysts expected in Q3. What should you do with shares near 2025 highs and up more than 100% since April 7th? 

Get my full report card on SFIX's quarter and how I'm playing the stock.  

I break down the quarter and give the company its full grade for members in the LINK

I told you Lululemon had its work cut out for it when it reported earnings Thursday night but I didn't think it would be quite this bad. With shares off 20% you can bet value shoppers will at least try to protect old lows of ~$250 for this once beloved fashion pioneer. Should you Buy the Dip or Run Away? 

Check out my Earnings Report Card for LULU before you decide.

Mind the Gap!

As feared, Gap was a sell-the-news moment, with shares crumbling 20%, dragging the Round-10 Portfolio to its first, and only, down week of the month.

Up 10% since March 20 and finding opportunities for the back half of the year!

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Click here to see the latest breakdown of the RoundUp10 and HotMom Index.

The spread between valuations between classes of retailers has never been higher and shows no signs of contracting. The looming oligarchy in retail. 

Plus, 5 Below preview: Is this the most Tariff Exposed Company on Earth? 

Last weekend Barron's suggested it had the fix for what ails Target. In a piece harkening back to May's "Target Fails. Again" piece, Barron's said Target needs to unlock merchandise, get better in-stock levels, get out of the DEI business, and invest more in the infrastructure to make the Internet business profitable. 

It might be more simple than that. Click the Link and I'll explain how to tell Target is broken right when you walk in the door.

Below is my weekly video for members of Macke's Retail Roundup.

The SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) closed the week up 0.5%, essentially unchanged. But under the surface, there's been a ton of action. 

Though it's been a couple of weeks since we've added to the portfolio, we've been plenty busy digesting a deluge of earnings reports and market reactions. 

Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) just rocketed to new all-time highs on the back of its report Thursday morning. We also heard from Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS) and Costco (COST) —both uneventful— as well as Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Macy's (M), e.l.f. Beauty (ELF), The Gap (GPS), and Shoe Carnival (SCVL).

Some of those names are in our portfolio, others are on our watchlist. So there's a lot going on. Sometimes it's better to let the dust settle before jumping into new positions. And that's what we've been doing. 

With this week serving as the final big retail earnings week—DG, DLTR, OLLI, FIVE, VSCO, LULU, PV, LE, and GIII all reporting—there will likely be plenty more fireworks. 

Here's...

"Life's but a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing" - Abercrombie and Fitch's stock.

I promised drama when the mall stocks reported. As usual, the Mall delivered in spades.

Gap disappointed in a way they didn't seem to understand and fell 20%. ANF crushed estimates, spiked $25 then fell 25% in the next 2 days, ending the week about flat. Both American Eagle and Foot Locker managed to miss estimates they'd already pre-announced within the last 3 weeks (Foot Locker while hitting the semi-Golden Parachutes since the company has already been purchased).

And Costco reported its umpteenth consecutive "solid quarter", rising slightly. Just to prove yet again that there's a yawning chasm between retail giants and the rugby scrum of retail happening everywhere else when it comes to reporting quarterly earnings.

What it all means and what I'm doing about it. The Week in Review:

Gap shares are getting smoked by 20%(!) early Friday after the company Beat by too little and Guided to not enough. 

Time to Buy or Bail?

Let's break down the quarter and figure it out... 

Fun facts most people don't know about Build-a-Bear Workshop:

• It still exists and is publicly traded under the ticker $BBW
• Shares are up nearly 50x since the COVID lows
• The stock went public in October 2004, hit $35 two months later and didn't make a new high for another 19yrs, nearly twice the expected lifespan of a Black Bear in the wild.
• (New Item): Build-a-Bear just reported its best first quarter ever.

I break down the quarter and give the company its full grade for members in the LINK