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This report offers analysis of the fourth-quarter 2020 earnings of Coresight 100 companies mostly based in the US. We assess the recent performance of selected retailers, brands, e-commerce platforms and REITs in terms of revenues, earnings per share and comps, considering consensus estimates and year-over-year changes.

We discuss companies across a number of sectors:

• Apparel and footwear brand owners—Hanesbrands, Levi Strauss & Co, NIKE, PVH Corp., Under Armour and VF Corporation
• Apparel specialty retailers—American Eagle Outfitters, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Foot Locker, Gap Inc., L Brands, Lululemon Athletica and Urban Outfitters
• Off-price retailers—Burlington Stores, Ross Stores and The TJX Companies
• Online apparel retailers—Stitch Fix
• Beauty brands and retailers—Coty, Estée Lauder, L’Oréal and Ulta Beauty
• Department stores—Kohl’s, Macy’s and Nordstrom
• E-commerce platforms—Alibaba, Amazon, eBay and JD.com
• Electronics retailers—Best Buy
• Food, drug and mass retailers (discount stores)—Big Lots, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Five Below, Grocery Outlet, Ollie’s Bargain Outlet
• Food, drug and mass retailers (drugstores)—CVS Health and Walgreens Boots Alliance
• Food, drug and mass retailers (food retailers)—Kroger
• Food, drug and mass retailers (mass merchandisers)—Target and Walmart
• Food, drug and mass retailers (warehouse clubs)—BJ’s Wholesale Club and Costco
• Home and home-improvement retailers—Home Depot, Lowe’s, RH, Tractor Supply, Wayfair and Williams-Sonoma
• Luxury companies—Canada Goose, Capri Holdings, Ralph Lauren and Tapestry
• Luxury e-commerce—Farfetch and The RealReal
• REITs—Brookfield Property Partners, Macerich Company, Simon Property Group and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield

Click here to read the 3Q20 US Earnings Season Wrap-Up.

In addition, Coresight Research’s monthly reports keep you up to date on US and UK retail sales, US retail traffic and in-store metrics and key global consumer indicators.