Retail Sales Roundup

The market is bouncing back from its lows this morning, and looks in pretty good shape. The NDX has already moved into positive territory, and more and more stocks on my screen have turned green.

Here are some highlights from this mornings retail sales report. For the companies below, I have highlighted their same-stores sales growth (vs. consensus expectations):

• ARO: +5.4% vs. +3.8%
• CTRN: +3.2% vs. +0.8%
• GPS:+0.0% vs. -7.6%
• KSS: +8.7% vs. +5.5%
• MCD: +4.9% vs. +4.0%
• JWN: +11.1% vs. +6.3%
• ZUMZ: +13.0% vs. +8.8%
• TGT: +5.1% vs. +4.9%
• WMT: +2.2% vs. +2.1%
• ANF: -6.0% vs. -1.8%
• ANN: -10.2% vs. -4.9%
• CHS: -3.5% vs. -1.0%
• PLCE: +3.0% vs. +5.2%
• COST: +2.0% vs. +3.4%
• GYMB: +0.0% vs. +11.0%
• PSUN: -7.7% vs. -5.0%
• SHRP: -25.0% vs. -17.3%

long CHS