U.S. Specialty Retail: Weekly Retail Snapshot 5/26/26

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U.S. Specialty Retail: Weekly Retail Snapshot 5/26/26

Equity Research

26 May 2026

U.S. Specialty Retail, Apparel, & Footwear

Weekly Retail Snapshot 5/26/26

Input costs were mixed last week. The biggest mover was WTI

Oil posting a HSD decrease, while Cotton decreased LSD. In

contrast, the WCI Index increased MSD, while Average U.S. Specialty Retail, Apparel & Footwear POSITIVE

Automotive Gas increased LSD. Meanwhile, the Spot U.S. Specialty Retail, Apparel &

Intermodal was flat. Year-over-year demand trends Footwear

moderated. Adrienne Yih +1 212 526 5257

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Weekly Demand Tracker Angus Kelleher

Redbook Weekly Same Store Sales (SSS) growth as of 5/16/26: Demand metrics per the All +1 212 526 0081

Stores index moderated, as both the Warehouse Club Stores index and the Department Stores angus.kelleherferguson@barclays.com

index moderated. The Redbook All Stores index was +8.1% year-over-year, driven by strength at BCI, US

Warehouse Club Stores (+8.4% y/y) and Department Stores (+1.5% y/y). Donald Tiburzi

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Background: Our demand tracker is based on the Johnson Redbook Same Store Sales (SSS) donald.tiburzi@barclays.com

Index provided by Bloomberg. The Johnson Redbook Index is a sales-weighted of year-over-year BCI, US

same-store sales growth in a sample of large U.S. general merchandise retailers representing

about 9,000 stores.