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Retail Stocks To Watch Now - October 12th

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Key Points

  • Amazon.com, Alibaba Group, and Costco Wholesale are highlighted as the top retail stocks to watch this week due to their high trading volumes.
  • Amazon is poised for a potential year-end rally, driven by the upcoming Prime Day sales event.
  • Alibaba operates through multiple segments, providing technology infrastructure and marketing support mainly within China and internationally.
  • MarketBeat previews top five stocks to own in November.

Amazon.com, Alibaba Group, and Costco Wholesale are the three Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Retail stocks are shares of publicly traded companies that are primarily bought and sold by individual, non-professional investors rather than by large institutions. Because trading in these stocks is driven more by retail sentiment—often influenced by social media, online forums and news events—they can exhibit higher volatility and sudden swings in price. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Retail stocks within the last several days.

Amazon.com (AMZN)

Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products, advertising, and subscriptions service through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Echo, Ring, Blink, and eero; and develops and produces media content.

Read Our Latest Research Report on AMZN

Alibaba Group (BABA)

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides technology infrastructure and marketing reach to help merchants, brands, retailers, and other businesses to engage with their users and customers in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company operates through seven segments: China Commerce, International Commerce, Local Consumer Services, Cainiao, Cloud, Digital Media and Entertainment, and Innovation Initiatives and Others.

Read Our Latest Research Report on BABA

Costco Wholesale (COST)

Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. The company offers branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories.

Read Our Latest Research Report on COST

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