- Teen-focused retail stocks are having a tough time getting out of the starting gate after a wave of sales and profit reads came in sluggish.
- There are more concerns on the large retail footprint of the group with margin gains being driven higher on the e-commerce side of the business.
- Decliners: Aeropostale (NYSE:ARO) -1.5%, Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ:PSUN) -1.7%, Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) -10.2%, American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) -1.7%, Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF) -0.9%.