In the coming days, Walmart, Target, TJ Maxx, Home Depot, Lowe’s and others will tell shareholders and the public how they did in the first quarter of the year.The big week for retail earnings comes at a time when the markets have been doing quite well and investors have generally been happy, but consumers are showing signs of strain.There’s a phrase economists, analysts, and companies have used t…
What retailers’ quarterly earnings can tell us about consumer mood
