make uggs, we like worldwide wolverine, they have a whole host of shoes they make and handbags, kate spade, vera bradley, they're really reinventing themselves so as michael kors and coach are losing market share, kate spade and vera bradley are picking up market share. >> auto parts companies and auto retailers are enjoying a lift on a surge in car sales. goodyear tire and rubber, delphi and o'reilly automotive have risen double digit. many expect those to drive further gains next year. i'm morgan brennan. >>> wells fargo is now the most valuable u.s. bank ever. that's where we begin tonight's market focus. the firm surpassed citigroup's 2001 market record. with a market cap of more than $285 billion. the company, which counts warren buffett as its largest shareholder has doubled in size since 2008 with its purchase of wachovia. shares were off a fraction. >>> vail resorts says sales of new ski pass grew. the company also announced a $50 million investment plan. part of that will fund a connection between two of its utah locations to create what it says will now be the biggest single ski

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. >> caller: a month ago i bought kate spade and it went down. the gain and coach and kors were up. i'm confused. >> kate did better than coach and kors but people feel this whole group is really challenged. it is a very challenged group. i think kate is the best of the three but that doesn't necessarily make it to be something i like. there is a lot of retailers i like more, accessory companies i make more includingyv$y deckers that, ladies and gentlemen is the conclusion of the lightning round. >>> i have to tell you the group in oil prices astounding, bringing down everything else with it. look at today, a rebound. a shaky one. there are still plenty of winners. regardless, you need to keep yourself protected should is the negatives outweigh the positives and the reason they are diversified, it can't be all oil. remember how hot oil was? call or tweet me at jim crimer and tell me the top five and i'll tell you if your portfolio is diversified enough. mix it up a little. let's start with a tweet from at brian at w adams. i love the way you writ

charles: so it's not kate spade. every time i go into the mall, the store is empty. the them are. tory burch? >> tory burch is great. its designers that are not public companies yet. tory burch is great, other designers, michael kors is losing its cool factor. >> i just saw a paper survey that said that michael kors is the number one fashion brand. but then i looked at that and it's up. >> you can see where it reverses. >> lowered and and we have eyes. >> where michael kors is popular is the millennial generation. it is a lower price point than some of the expensive higher-end brands. charles: it is a what i call aspirational. it's before you make that step. but lastly, they have some beautiful clothes. and they still love the big watches. >> i love their perfume. i really do. charles: i walk in with my wife and i can't even breathe. too much in the store. [laughter] charles: okay, guys, testing the law of inertia. we will examine it all and we are here to help you make money. how much money do you have in your pocket right now? i have $40, $21. could something that

michael kors down and kate spade down, a lot of the stores in the water tower giant shopping mall in chicago that perhaps you see tower over michigan avenue. all in all, a positive shopping season helped by the last weekend, the extended weekend after christmas. people do not stop shopping just because christmas is over. cheryl: jeff, what i find interesting, and i know you watch consumers carefully as well, it's the bag effect. how many bags are they carrying when they leave. that tells me they go in and not buy or are you seeing more bags on the streets? >> reporter: i see a number of bags, there's a lady with a gap bag, she bought something she didn't get for christmas, i suppose. that's how it works. quick survey of the crowd. don't see too many bags but a lot of shoppers out. cheryl: at least they are dressed for a cold day in chicago. they need it right now. >> reporter: merry christmas. cheryl: closing bell going to ring. we have 36 minutes to go. it is easy to get overwhelmed with the market headlines pouring in, but our experts are saying now is the time to get back to basic

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. >> you like kate spade. >> right. >> is that as the pence of coach and kors. >> they have a personality and an identity. it is a newer brand and getting domestic and international and a wider range of age groups. coach is trying to figure oits out again. it's more of the outlet story. can it revive? remains to be seen. kors is still working but it is not the same growth rate as before. a decelerating comp on continued very good margins. >> doc do you want to weigh in on retail? if you play the way dayna says, if you like athletics or foot locker maybe you continue to like under armour or nike. dick's sporting goods. >> i do. i like the first two a lot more than that third. under armour and nike. i think dayna nailed wit the what's going on with lulu lemon, athletics. and as you know i'm still a hold over coach here. believer in the turn around story and until i see them come in and start selling the shares i'm going to hold on. >> anybody own kate? >> i don't own kate but i'll tell you that looking for gifts and by the way you are not getting the gifts is explained by the delays, nearly

. >> kate spade, all new to the store. >> all brand new. so keep your teachers in style.t orange and pink pen actually on oprah 2014 favorite list. >> oh, i love oprah. as i mention, avenue boy teacher. >> yes. >> 's grown man, but i call him a boy teacher. perfect shave, some shaving stuff. >> yes, this in limited stores, macy's, but you can buy it on line, or call a personal shopper at macies. com. great way to get a guy back into the art of shaving, and we also have a service here so you can get a gift cards to go with it, then have them try it. >> good if you want to keep your busy too for little bit. >> sure. >> absolutely. i love that there are slippers here, right? >> yes, for the sports fans, if you want to add to there is actually is pajamas to go with it, but we have the eagles, phillies, also the flyers. >> i love it. and this is something we were playing with off camera. >> i love. >> this this is my favorite gift. so men, women, so it is called the feel good hug. >> okay. >> so it smells like uke lip tis. you wrap it around your neck it, relieves stress. thou

i think kate spade, we have seen more traffic around the store. challenged but, you know, those -- that type of product has been selling at the department stores so it's a little hard to read sometimes exactly how well they're doing. >> so really, joe, is there anything macro to garner so far from what we have seen? people say it's a spectacular season because of low gas prices. are we tracking that way? >> spectacular might be a little bit of a stretch but we think it's an okay season. and we have seen, you know, e-commerce trends have been good and that's hard thing to track. right? because all the traditional retailers selling goods online, you know, you really don't know unless you've been buying from them. but it's really hard to walk in to best guy and know how much is sold on. that should help to drive some sales higher this holiday season. >> thank you very much, joe. >> thank you. >> by the way on the issue of which retailers to benefit of lower gas prices, children's place, foot locker, finish line, skullcandy. there's a skullcandy this

you will see stein mart do well, kate spade will do really well. >> i didn't mean to interrupt.r biggest turn around story for next year is? >> i think we will see real life out of our friends this coming year. i think that is starting to happen. i don't know if that is the biggest turn around. i think the biggest turn around may be kohl's because i believe they are starting to get traction. i don't think they had a great holiday selling season. they have issues, getting fixed. i think they get a new chief merchant hired. they are in the right space. that lower end consumer is going to do well. we got to leave it there. >>> it's a good news/bad news situation for sony right now. it looks like fans are embracing movie "the interview" but the place station network is still struggling with what looks like a cyber attack, another one. it's more than the driver. it's more than the car. for lotus f1 team, the competitive edge is the cloud. powered by microsoft dynamics, azure, and office 365, the team can gain real time insights and instantly share information around the globe. when e

>> you have hot brands like kate spade, louis vuitton -- >> louis vuitton still? >> oh, absolutely.kly. brands havehat the to maintain their exclusivity. if they become too ubiquitous, too available, they lose the specialist of being -- specialness of being a luxury product. if they are too available into many shops -- > >> scarlet, chanel too available? >> you are asking the right person. >> and a sample of managing exclusivity and price points up. louis vuitton is another great example. >> a goes to the less is more idea. you have said that this might be an overestimation. if we are to look at the luxury, the high-end grunt, what was that over the weekend? >> hard for me to say because i don't have the numbers. my guess is that you are looking at low to mid-single digit growth. growth, not declined. consumer is healthy and the market is growing but it is shifting online as well. >> when you describe luxury, regarding the price point, keeping things exclusive, itself like you are describing apple. is apple technology complete electric company? orapple a technology company a luxury