Holiday Shopping Growth Slows: Stocks & ETFs to Gain

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This year's holiday shopping season, which runs from Thanksgiving to Christmas, is expected to see sales growth at its slowest pace in six years, according to separate reports from the National Retail...

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Walmart’s product offerings include almost everything from grocery to cosmetics, electronics to stationery, home furnishings to health and wellness products, and apparel to entertainment products, to name a few.\nZacks Rank #3 (Hold) Walmart is expected to benefit from even a mixed holiday shopping season. The Walmart stock has a moderate VGM Score of B.\nBest Buy BBY\nBest Buy Company retails technology products in the United States and Canada. Its products include consumer electronics, home office products, entertainment software, communication, food preparation, wellness, health, security, appliances and related services.\nWith the holiday shopping season expected to be the best days for appliances, the Best Buy stock may make the best of this trend. The BBY stock has a Zacks Rank #3 and a VGM Score of B.\nETFs to Gain\nAmplify Online Retail ETF IBUY\nOnline sales in the United States were up about 4% for the first half of the Thanksgiving holiday compared to a 2% rise last year, Salesforce data showed on Thursday, a fresh sign that shoppers are lapping up steep discounts from retailers, per Reuters.\nSPDR S&P Retail ETF XRT\nDiscounts at apparel are expected to hit 23% (vs. 24% in 2023), while it is expected to be 20% (vs. 18% in 2023) for sporting goods, per Adobe. The ETF XRT has around 20% exposure to apparel stocks, making XRT an apt pick for Cyber Week.  \niShares Semiconductor ETF SOXX\nConsumers are binging on electronics for gift purposes. Discounts for electronics are expected to peak at 30% off the listed price (vs. 31% in 2023), per Adobe. Record high discounts are expected for TVs at 24% (vs. 23% in 2023).\nDiscounts on appliances are set to stay at 18% (vs. 18% in 2023). Semiconductors or chips are the basic materials used in the present solid-state electronic devices, and thus chip companies should see increased sales.\nWant the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report\nMacy's, Inc. (M) : Free Stock Analysis Report\nKohl's Corporation (KSS) : Free Stock Analysis Report\nWalmart Inc. (WMT) : Free Stock Analysis Report\nAbercrombie & Fitch Company (ANF) : Free Stock Analysis Report\nBest Buy Co., Inc. 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