s gain since then. companies like etsy, dillard's, best buy, macy's, they lead the price dpgainers.hese retailers are returning money to shareholders. home depot, best buy, tjx increased their payout and best buy is one of those corporations i call buyback monsters these are companies that have lowered their shares outstanding more than 25% since 2010 in best buy's case they have gone from 418 million to 269 million shares from 2010 to today. that's a share count reduction of 36% today's $3 bill buyback announcement will reduce it another 3% what this means is all other things being equal, best buy's earnings or 36% higher than 2010 with no change in the fundamentals, just fewer shares. but the recent gains doesn't really mean retail is back in a big way that we've seen. so there's very clear winners here and very clear losers in this ongoing battle with amazon. discounters like wall matt, tjx, ross stores, target and the dollar stores will be survivors as will the home improvement companies like home depot and lowe's costco and best buy also appear to be survivors. but department s