The relationship between department store earnings and the economy
The relationship between department store earnings and the economy
Many of the big department store chains announced quarterly earnings this week. We’ll hear from Macy’s, J.C. Penney, Nordstrom and Kohl’s.
Analysts are not all that optimistic. So just how much can department store earnings tell us about the health of our consumer-driven economy?
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