CONSIDER TAKING 69% MATASII GAINS IN ABERCROMBIE & FITCH ANF CHART AS OF CLOSE 12-01-18 INITIAL ANF Abercrombie & Fitch IDEA: March 21st, 2017 Weekly time frame shows the market in a strong down trend. Recent movement on the daily has ANF consolidating in an expanding wedge pattern. Currently sitting near pattern support, there […]
ANOTHER MATASII SII WINNER: SHORT TRADES ON US MALLS HAS BEST MONTH SINCE 2017 MATASII SII RETAIL RESULTS A PUBLIC SOURCED ARTICLE FOR MATASII (SUBSCRIBERS-SII & PUBLIC ACCESS) READERS REFERENCE SII – RETAIL 11-02-18 – Bloomberg – “Short Trade Betting on U.S. Mall Death Has Best Month Since 2017” October was a good month for some traders placing […]
MATASII SII SUBSCRIBERS WIN BIG ON SEARS BANKRUPTCY & US RETAIL SECTOR DECLINE MATASII SII subscribers have been following the US Retail Sector decline since we began publishing MATASII.com. The MATASII Watch List has had an extensive list of retail equities across multiple retail market segments. MATASII “Triggers” to short or in some cases to […]
AUTO SPENDING TUMBLES AS RETAIL SALES MISS ACROSS THE BOARD — SOURCE: 09-14-18 – “Retail Sales Miss Across The Board As Auto Spending Tumbles” — The summer spending spree is officially over. In August, the US consumer hit the breaks on spending as retail sales tumbled from 0.7% to just 0.1%, well below the 0.5% […]
RETAIL SALES DECLINE FOR 3rd STRAIGHT MONTH – FIRST TIME SINCE 2012 — SOURCE: 03-14-18 CNBC – “Retail sales decline for third straight month in February” — U.S. retail sales fell for a third straight month in February as households cut back on purchases of motor vehicles and other big-ticket items, pointing to a slowdown […]
SII RETAIL: WHAT AMAZON WILL DESTROY NEXT NYU’s Scott Galloway talks with Barron’s about the future of Prime shopping, and why Netflix should be worried. Also, hope for Wal-Mart. “Amazon has replaced profits with vision & growth!” “We Have Seen a Company with access to capital as heap as this in history. It can borrow […]
SII RETAIL: IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE FOR AMERICA’S GROCERS — SOURCE: 10-11-17 Bloomberg – “t’s Only Going to Get Worse for America’s Grocers” — As price wars loom, chains come under pressure in debt markets Apollo Global makes unusual $50 million loan to Fresh Market Just over a month after Amazon.com Inc. ate Whole Foods, the […]
SII RETAIL: FOLLOWING THE EATON’S DEATH SPIRAL, SEARS TO END 65 YEARS OF CANADIAN RETAIL HISTORY! Sears Canada is closing up shop, seeking court approval to close its roughly 130 remaining stores — leaving another 12,000 employees across the country without a job — SOURCE: 10-10-17 Financial Post – “‘Following the Eaton’s death spiral’ Sears […]
“AMAZON EFFECT” LEADS INVESTORS TO SOUR ON GLOBAL RETAIL Seattle-based giant is hastening the global shift to online shopping, raising questions about retail operations world-over An Amazon shipment center in India. Amazon’s expansion has put traditional retailers on notice. PHOTO: HIRAJ SINGH/BLOOMBERG NEWS — SOURCE: 09-28-17 WSJ – By Riva Gold and Saabira Chaudhuri Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZN 0.14% expanding reach is prompting investors […]
SII RETAIL – US CONSUMPTION EXHAUSTION Squeezed by weak income gains, higher healthcare and education costs, and the burdensome load of debt from years past, consumers simply have less money to spend and appear less inclined to spend what they do have on apparel and other department store goods. Further, they have little propensity to […]
