IBD on Ross Stores

Nice article today on Ross Stores (ROST) from Investor’s Business Daily: Ross Stores: A No-Nonsense Retailer Free From Amazon’s Clutches

It doesn’t have an online shop. It doesn’t promise luxury brands. And its fluorescent lighting and long, uninterrupted racks of merchandise aim in no way to replicate the glossy feel of a Bloomingdale’s or Macy’s.

But Ross Stores (ROST) is widely considered a solid, if not particularly flashy, find as other retailers struggle against the Web tide, and as shoppers increasingly take their business to off-price channels.

“They are so well positioned. They’re one of the best,” Morningstar analyst Bridget Weishaar said of Ross, adding that the off-price industry overall has hit the “sweet spot of pricing and distribution.”

Check out the whole article. They explain how Ross is impervious to Amazon. The store is also safe from weather-related issues that can wreak havoc on the inventories of other retailers.

Posted by on February 4th, 2016 at 4:27 pm


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