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Week Ahead: What to Watch as Retailers Report

Week Ahead: What to Watch as Retailers Report

Jeremy Glaser: Welcome to The Week Ahead.

Retail earnings will come into focus this week. A wide swath of retailers including Wal-Mart, Gap, Target, L Brands, Home Depot, and TJX are all due to report.

There will be a few interesting things to watch, but two to keep an eye out for are the discussion generally on the strength of the consumer and also how these mostly brick-and-mortar companies are grappling with the longer-term headwinds of online retailing and shifting preferences.

In technology, Alibaba, Cisco, and Salesforce are also due.

On the data front, housing starts and building permits will be released on Tuesday. We'll also get a sense of the manufacturing economy with industrial production and a few regional activity gauges.

Stay tuned to Morningstar for our take on these stories.

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