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Industry is already in various forms of panic that usually don’t take hold until the weeks before Christmas.

Bottlenecks that gummed up the global supply chain in 2020 have only gotten worse, and evidence is mounting that the holiday season is at risk.

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The retail industry is already in various forms of panic that usually dont take hold until the weeks before Christmas

Weak sales and surging freight costs led to a huge earnings miss for the prominent retailer.

But theres definitely a trade to be made after the retailers latest results were punished.

Retailers are facing increasing headwinds of long lead times, higher input costs, and the recent COVID resurgence.

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This year it’s not just about back-to-school shopping. It’s also a time for most students to go back to the classroom, back to classmates and back to teachers — hopefully. The pandemic shortened the end of the 2019-20 school year and created both distance learning and in-person studies during 2020-21.

As cliché as it sounds, it’s been a very interesting start to the year over the past six months. Looking back on the first half of 2021, we continued to see a strong market response to 2020’s pandemic-driven ride. In terms of the overall market, the S&P 500 is up nearly 18.41% year-to-date, while the Nasdaq is 14.84% higher over the same time. Additionally, we have also see some major moves in the  InvestorPlace Best Stocks for 2021 contest since the end of the first quarter. Not a sing...