The holidays have died down and the sales numbers are starting to roll out. Earnings season is bringing out some positive and negative. Target (TGT Quick QuoteTGT - Free Report) see’s a year over year slump in holiday sales and GameStop (GME Quick QuoteGME - Free Report) continues to see a downturn with a 27.5% decline in top-line sales. On the other side of things we have some retailers turning out a great result. Lululemon (LULU Quick QuoteLULU - Free Report) , Khol’s (KSS Quick QuoteKSS - Free Report) and Abercrombie and Fitch (ANF Quick QuoteANF - Free Report) all saw positive results coming from the holiday period. We break it down to understand why some are turning out positive holiday results while others continue to decline. To get recent Zacks video updates, be sure to subscribe to our channel and leave a comment or questions!

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