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Which means they were the vast majority of the comp sales the in store sales were. 9 . The stores fulfilled 80 of the digital orders in some way Brian Cornell said the retailer will spend 500 million from the beginning of march through july 4th on higher wages and other operational expenses related to the covid crisis so this spending goes beyond q 1 into q 2 not directly comparable with what we heard from walmart yesterday. The sales came at a cost their operating Income Margin was 2. 4 compared to 6. 4 in the same period last year and the gross margin rate was 25 compared to nearly 30 last year but then look at lowes, Michael Baker calls lowes perhaps the most surprising result of the quarter for retail their comparable sales grew more than 11 total up more than 12 in the u. S. Thats only the fourth time in at least ten y ....
About the impact later on in the show. Time now for bloomberg time now to dig a look at all the news you need to know, from d. C. To new york. We are joined by bloombergs michael mckee, taking a look at all of the Market Action and economic action out of europe. It was a tough day for services pmis. Michael absolutely, and the charts tell the stories. These were the worst numbers ever for france, germany, and the eurozone, showing the Service Industries worsen manufacturing, and in part due to a quirk in the data. The market, we get pmis at 9 45 this morning. The same sort of data are expected. We also get the Bloomberg Consumer comfort index, the most highfrequency Consumer Confidence data. That has been moved up two days. The crashing of the european e ....
Members question the fcc chair about Digital Currency, shareholder protection and climate related financial disclosures. This is an hour and a half. Today we will receive testimony from security and Exchange Commission chairman regarding the work and agenda of the fcc. I thank you for your willingness to appear before the committee today and mr. Clean your willingness to testify the borrower side of the fcc. You ca came before this committa year ago and am sure dusty would continue to take steps to ensure the Capital Markets remained the deepest and most liquid in the world. I commend you and the staff for your actions taken over the past year. Actions worth mentioning include the final rule package on regulation best interest which is great as the appropriate balance in increasing transparency and investors rela ....