1Q22 US Retail Inventory Tracker: Discretionary Weakness Drives Inventory Surge

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In our quarterly US Retail Inventory Tracker reports, we analyze inventory trends among US retailers listed in the Coresight 100.

In this report, we look at the inventory levels of various retailers in 1Q22 and assess why levels may have changed from the year-ago period, across the following sectors:

• Apparel specialty retail—Academy Sports & Outdoors, American Eagle Outfitters, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Foot Locker, Gap, Lululemon Athletica and Urban Outfitters
• Beauty retail—Bath & Body Works and Ulta Beauty
• Department stores—Kohl’s, Macy’s and Nordstrom
• Discount stores—Big Lots, Dollar General, Dollar Tree and Five Below
• Drugstores—CVS Health and Walgreen Boots Alliance
• Electronics retail—Best Buy
• Food and grocery retail—Albertsons Companies, Sprouts Farmers Market, Weis Markets
• Home and home-improvement retail—Floor & Decor Holdings, Home Depot, Lowe’s Companies, RH, Tractor Supply Company, Wayfair and Williams-Sonoma
• Jewelry retail—Signet Jewelers
• Luxury retail—Capri Holdings and Tapestry
• Mass merchandisers—Target and Walmart
• Off-price retail—Burlington Stores, Ross Stores and The TJX Companies
• Warehouse clubs—BJ’s Wholesale Club and Costco

Click here to read the previous report in the series, which looks at 4Q21.