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Most retailers in the active lifestyle space again broadly delivered third-quarter results that topped Wall Street’s targets and lifted their 2021 guidance as sales momentum remained resilient. However, supply chain concerns, marked by port congestion and factory shutdowns in Vietnam, were widely discussed on recent quarterly calls. Insights from Dick’s Sporting Goods, Hibbett, Academy Sports + Outdoors, Big 5, Kohl’s, Foot Locker, Lululemon, and others follow.
The winter here, right? >> absolutely. that's a bigger deal. much more dramatic. just two months ago we saw natural gas prices hit a seven-year high. there were all these worries about a shortage of natural gas and what we've seen and you can see it on that chart is they're down by 40%. 40% in two months. now natural gas is still up sharply on the year but finally been knocked down. this is mostly due to mother nature. families haven't had to crank up the heat as much as usual because temperatures have actually been warmer than usual. so that has lowered demand. also we've seen stronger produc...
>> inventory levels are at 10% so while we are concerned about supply chains, the delays are improving. >> reporter: republicans paint a less optimistic picture. >> paying $4 a gallon for gasoline, can't find the kids christmas present, the president biden put in charge of supply-chain people to judge if that is the best the democrats can do it is going to be very bad election for the next year. >> the federal reserve chairman warned in prepared testimony out of today's senate hearing, quote, the recent rise in covid 19 cases and the emergence of the a crime variant posed downside risks in emp...