This week's government economic data revealed pockets of durable consumer spending despite sticky inflation, signaling a favorable quarter ahead and further upside for two of our retail stocks.
Since Amazon is the largest e-commerce retailer, the government data suggests Amazon sales in the third quarter should be positive sequentially.
Case for Costco Strong August retail sales numbers also bode well for Costco which essentially sells most items listed in the government's dataset.
According to Jim, Costco has been doing so well because "the consumer seems very intrigued by bargains," as they've dealt with high inflation for over a year.
For August, Costco said U.S. sales rose 2.8% from a year ago, slightly edging out the year-over-year, inflation-adjusted 2.5% gain in U.S. retail sales overall, reported by the Commerce Department.
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