rachel lipson's director of the harvard project.up, the adaptability of retail with shares of nike surging. taking a closer look at the stock of the hour next. ♪ kailey: this is bloomberg markets. in canada, we saw a surge in retail sales. on 1.6% gain in october on strong auto sales. according to pulmonary estimates, retailers sold 1.2% more goods in november. it shows consumers continuing to lead the way in canada's recovery, this is a bit backward looking. it does not take into account the potential impacts of the omicron variant. amanda: totally true. what it does show as we are back on the pre-pandemic trajectory of growth in retail sales. the hope would be that since that was through a pandemic, even omicron might not slow us down. we seem to want to spend. kailey: it does not seen people buying nike products are slowing down. time for the stock of the hour, we are taking a look at nike. shares jumping after the company's latest results. here in the u.s., things were strong. that was not the case and the rest of the world. kri

rachel lipson, director of the harvard university project on workforce.l you, the office here is pretty quiet today. matt: it makes sense. between christmas and new year's, i think as a society, we should just take the week off. as rachel pointed out, there are jobs where that is not possible, and i get that. there are plenty of places at bloomberg we would need people to be weekend staff, for example, on the news desk. but you don't really need to watch us on tv or is in the radio. can i say that? i shouldn't say that. paul: i just think rachel's comment, the hybrid workforce, it seems like it is here to stay. it does not feel at this point that we will, or corporate america, will go back to the old ways. kind of feel like it might be kind of generational. we will see how this plays out. we will have more coming up. this is bloomberg. good morning. ing. ♪ matt: welcome back to "bloomberg markets." this is special coverage all week long. paul sweeney in new york, me, matt miller, in berlin. i rethought what i said earlier. you do need to be watching to us