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Speaker 1: world of retail doom and gloom. Walmart suddenly shines like

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Speaker 1: in fact, shares up the most and more than seven years.

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Speaker 1: First quarter results beat analysts estimates. PIM. We're going to

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Speaker 1: find out what's driving Walmart and if it's particular to them,

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Speaker 1: than other retailers would have indicated. Yes, well, we've got

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Speaker 1: results from American Eagle Outfitters as well as Perry Ellis International,

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Speaker 1: room for a Burger business LA and I thank you him,

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Speaker 1: thank you, Kathleen. Let us begin with retail, because a

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Speaker 1: and staples analysts at Wolf Research to weigh in not

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Speaker 1: right now, it's the shares of Walmart. They are up

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