Insight Reports 8 minutes premiumUS Holiday Comparable Sales Update: Department Stores See a Slowing Trend While a Number of Specialty Retailers Shine Author By Coresight Research January 31, 2019 Key PointsThis report reviews the latest holiday-period comparable sales growth reported by major U.S. retailers. It is an update to our report of January 15. Retailers that reported holiday sales since we published our first update did not change the picture a great deal. Department stores continued to post varied figures, though the general trend was one of slowing underlying growth. A number of specialty retailers performed well. Comparable sales at department store retailer Nordstrom weakened sequentially to 1.3% over the holiday period, compared to 2.3% growth in the previous quarter. Specialty retailers such as Aritzia reported comparable sales growth of 12.9% in fiscal 3Q19, beating the consensus of 8.9%; Ascena Retail reported holiday comparable sales growth of 3%, in line with the previous quarter. Specialty retailer Vince posted direct-to-consumer same-store sales growth of 8.2% in the nine-week period ended January 5. Click here to read Coresight’s coverage on US holiday retail and gain key retail insights for 2019 and prior years. January 31, 2019 premium This report is for Premium subscribers only. Learn more about subscriptions here. Other research you may be interested in: