Big Lots Q2 sales +1.6% Press release   Lululemon Q2 comp sales +20% vs. expected +9.6% Press release | CNBC article   Google and Mastercard Cut a Secret Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales by Mark Bergen & Jennifer Surane. Tiered subs.   Ulta Beauty Q2 comp sales +6.5% "Retail comparable sales increased 4.0%, including salon comparable sales growth of 1.7%; E-commerce sales increased 37.9% to $132.8 million." Press release   Walmart will have 30% more toys in stores this holiday season at CNBC. "...and it will offer 40 percent more toys on Walmart.com. At some locations, the physical [...]

  Big Lots Q2 sales +1.6% Press release   Lululemon Q2 comp sales +20% vs. expected +9.6% Press release | CNBC article   Google and Mastercard Cut a Secret Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales by Mark Bergen & Jennifer Surane. Tiered subs.   Ulta Beauty Q2 comp sales +6.5% "Retail comparable sales increased 4.0%, including salon comparable sales growth of 1.7%; E-commerce sales increased 37.9% to $132.8 million." Press release   Walmart will have 30% more toys in stores this holiday season at CNBC. "...and it will offer 40 percent more toys on Walmart.com. At some locations, the physical [...]

  Big Lots Q2 sales +1.6% Press release   Lululemon Q2 comp sales +20% vs. expected +9.6% Press release | CNBC article   Google and Mastercard Cut a Secret Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales by Mark Bergen & Jennifer Surane. Tiered subs.   Ulta Beauty Q2 comp sales +6.5% "Retail comparable sales increased 4.0%, including salon comparable sales growth of 1.7%; E-commerce sales increased 37.9% to $132.8 million." Press release   Walmart will have 30% more toys in stores this holiday season at CNBC. "...and it will offer 40 percent more toys on Walmart.com. At some locations, the physical [...]

  Dollar General Q2 comp sales +3.7% (vs. 2.83% estimated) Press release   ...Dollar General quarterly same-store sales top estimates at CNBC. "The company's net income rose to $407.2 million, or $1.52 per share, from $294.8 million, or $1.08 per share, a year earlier." Read more   Michael's Q2 comp sales -0.4% Press release   Dollar Tree enterprise comp sales +1.8%: Dollar Tree banner +3.7% / Family Dollar banner flat at 0.0% Press release   Burlington Stores Q2 comp sales +2.9% Press release   At Home Group Q2 comp sales +2.8% / ended the quarter with 165 stores in 35 states Press release [...]

  Dick's Sporting Goods Q2 comp sales -4.0% "CEO Stack: "We delivered double digit growth in eCommerce, private brands, and athletic apparel excluding Under Armour, however, as expected, sales were impacted by the strategic decisions we made regarding the slow growth, low margin hunt and electronics businesses, which accounted for nearly half of our comp decline." Press release   ...Dick's Sporting Goods' shares slide after missing second-quarter sales forecasts at CNBC. "Shares of Dick's Sporting Goods plunged by as much as 12 percent in premarket trading Wednesday after the retailer said it sold less merchandise during the second quarter than Wall Street forecast." [...]

  Best Buy Q2 Comp Sales +6.2% Press release   ...CNBC: Best Buy shares fall despite earnings beat "Best Buy reports second-quarter earnings and sales that top analysts' expectations. But its outlook for the third quarter comes in shy of Wall Street estimates." Read more   BJ's Wholesale Q2 Comp Sales (Excluding Gas) +2.0% "Net sales increased 4.3% to $3.2 billion compared to $3.1 billion in the second quarter of fiscal 2017." Press release   Tiffany shares surge after beating same-store sales estimates at CNBC. "Same-store sales rose 7 percent. Analysts on average had expected an increase of 5.73 percent, [...]

  AMAZON GO #2 IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE - Amazon has a second Go at cashierless c-store in downtown Seattle by Matt Day at Seattle Times. "The new store, near the Seattle Central Library at 920 Fifth Ave., opens at 7 a.m. Monday...Amazon packed a little bit of everything into the 1,800 square feet of its first store...The new downtown store, smaller at 1,450 square feet, loses the liquor aisle as well as grocery staples like milk and bread." Read more (Tiered subs.)   Moosejaw will have its own shop on Walmart's website at CNBC. "The new landing page for Moosejaw [...]

  Retailers seeking China success have 'no real path' but to choose Alibaba or Tencent at CNBC. "Together, they have cornered more than 80 percent of China's e-commerce market — which is the world's largest — said Root who is also the chairman of global think-tank Bain Insights Group. The two companies also collectively own or control four out of five of China's largest hypermarket and supermarket chains." Read more   Foot Locker Q2 comp sales +0.5% Press release   Amazon employs warehouse 'ambassadors' to tweet back at criticism of working conditions at Daily Mail. "As many as 16 Amazon Ambassador [...]