Eyes on retailers as we get indications from Black Friday shopping

Here are some indications in the pre-market from top retailers:

• WMT +0.5%
• TGT -0.1%
• AMZN +1.0%
• SHOP -0.2%

Here are some headlines from spending trackers:

• Mastercard Spendingpulse black friday sales up 3.4% vs last year
• Online sales were up 14.6% while in-store up 0.7% (I assume these numbers aren’t inflation adjusted)
• Adobe analytics says online sales up 10.2% y/y
• RetailNext says store traffic down 3.2%
• Salesforce said online sales in the U.S. rose 7% y/y
• Buy-now-pay-later sales up 8.8% y/y

This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.