t.j. maxx really operates on that shopping experience. said he is confident in having excellent quality merchandise available and analysts think that the drive sales in the longer term. of course, it is not just tj x as a retailer, we have got results from macy's as well as best buy. wese have been mixed, but are seeing the narrative driving the reopening. only about 70% of stores be an appointment-only, that stock is a little lower today. the retailers could do with a little boost these days. now, let's bring you another big interview from david. as $1.2 pledged as much billion to astrazeneca to make a covid-19 vaccine. we spoke with the astrazeneca ceo about the funding earlier today. have a listen. i'd like to remind everybody we are doing this during the .andemic youhave to remember contacts in a people very quickly if you preselect patience and of course if you have a lot of protection you can get the results very quickly. one for thetified u.s., we are also looking at china separately. competition and we believe we could actually ge

t.j. maxx, marshall's, home goods, stores in 25 states will start to reopen according to their parent company, announcing the earnings call, most company-owned stores will be customer ready by the end of june, more than 1600 other stores to reopen since may 2nd, they reported earnings after the bell yesterday, we got good news, numbers were rough on the revenue side and a report to reopen the stores were higher versus the same time last year. some of the pent-up demand, they reopen some stores in canada, germany, austria, poland, australia already open. the question is these retail companies, at t.j. maxx, you'll be at home goods, pent-up demand enough for the summer? i don't know. jillian: i am a little sad. rob: a little longer for jersey and new york. the open audition in the democrat veepstakes expands. jillian: live with joe badness response to reports amy klobuchar is in the vetting process. (♪) i came across sofi and it was the best decision of my life. we're getting a super competitive

joe t.: shopping for t.j. maxx. lemonis: t.j. maxx -- what is that customer? -jack: discount. discount. they gonna come here and spend 20 bucks? -joe t.: right. -jed: they do. lemonis: now i want to be clear with you guys. i'm not saying this is a bad idea. joe t.: after this conversation, i don't think it's a good idea, though. lemonis: well, but we don't have the data to say whether it's good or bad. this space, with the variables that we've talked about, scares me. let me talk to these guys for just a minute. jed: okay. lemonis: the problem that i'm having with these guys is they basically just pull [bleep] out of the air. "we'll just go to a location and we hope the rent's gonna work out." you're not gonna do that with my money. we're in the business of building a box, marketing it, polishing it, perfecting it, and then having somebody say, "i'll take one. i'll take one." that's what a franchise is. we are not in the business of leasing space and building [bleep] out. joe t.: and if it happens the way it happened the first time, i'm gonna be sleeping on the bench over ther

davidson says t.j. maxxn and ross storesare best positioned to weather economic conditions due to consumer trade down potential. mike santoli, is all of that priced into those stocks already? >> i don't know if it's fully priced in. i do know that's the playbook. this is pretty much a cyclical routine we go through and play the trade down in dollar stores and those retailers you mentioned that are off price big question, really, related to tjx and, you know, burlington is are you going to get back to a world where you want to go in and treasure hunt and wait in a twisting line at t.j. maxx and buy stuff off the shelf near the checkout those are the questions, not so much the character of the consumer going into this i think it's logical i just don't know if there's much of an edge at this point to know exactly what the nature of this consumer comeback, if we get one, is going to look like >> the question is can they reopen tjx does well or did well during the last recession >> yeah. >> the question is they d

something we'll talk about and i know steve will talk about costco correctly and karen had thoughts on t.j. maxx, but the one i keep coming back to is dollar general and i think goldman sachs just initiated the name with the $202 price target and people will knock them on valuation and this is a stock that slow and steady wins the race walmart was the target, as well and if you look at those two names have traded since earnings it's a tad disappointing and you have walmart trading to the previous all-time high and seemingly failing similar, although the target didn't get that high and target is over, as well and that's concerning and the name for me and others i'm sure will have other names will be dollar general, and d.g i think a lot of questions viewers will have is there are some retailers that were absolutely taken to the wood shed during this pandemic and i'm thinking of macy's and the traffic at the reopened stores was moderately better than anticipated even though they warned of a huge loss that's coming in the quarter. so tim, how do you navigate the sector when you have so many -- and

this is the t.j. maxx. but sales were a lot better than expected and some of their overall sales, their comp store sales actually were a lot better than people anticipated. move up there and we'll see ross we'll get that after the bell. ross stores. >> and coastkohl's we bounding o after its earnings report. let's get to the latest. those stunning numbers in the housing report today existing home sales in april dropping to the lowest point in ten years, nearly, as the market got a one-two punch from inventories and prices let's get to diana olick with all of the details for us. diana? >> yeah, kelly clothes sales fell nearly 18% for the month. and believe it or not, that was a little better than expected. the bigger shock was supply, which was already really weak before the pandemic, but fell nearly 20% annually to the lowest april reading ever, as current sellers pulled their listings and very few new sellers entered the market even though mortgage rates jumped in march when most of these contracts were si

t.j. maxx and marshall's re-opening on line.so many malls looking to re-open half of its shopping centers this week. already many stores filing for bankruptcy. j. crew and neiman-marcus while other big chains try to reinvent themselves for a new shopping experience. department store giant nordstrom closed all its stores in march including their glamorous new flagship in new york city. >> suddenly have all of our stores closed, you know, we've been around for 118 years and it's just never happened. >> reporter: what will it take to bring foot traffic back to stores. we talked to ceo eric nordstrom. how has nordstrom been able to adapt. >> massive acceleration of changes in place, in the city for a few years now and those are moves towards a -- not just e-commerce but really of the marrying of digital assets and physical assets. safe to say there will be fewer discovers coming out of this. fewer stores, fewer malls. and i think the role of physical stores will change even more so. >> reporter: many of their stores becoming fulfill

this is whatl t.j. maxx has hit n max. aterprs. t bes furniture, both indoor and outdoor furniture, and spring clothing. >> reporter: anything already in the sale section will be discounted even more. coats from macy's, more than 60% off and looking forward to summer, target with 20% off this outdoor dining set. and buy one get one free on swimwear. lands end with 60% off swimwear. >> mattress firm's memorial day sale. >> reporter: mattresses 20% to 50% off at mattress firm. lowe's with up to 40% off some appliances and rei with their biggest sale of the year with up to 30% off. many of these sales are live now, and this is important. i do think we will see some significant clothing discounts. banana republic 30 to 75% off everything. old navy, 50% off shorts and other summery items, and madewell has 30% to 50% off a lot of their pajamas, because, robin, pjs all day, right? >> you beat me to that. there are some great savings. let me ask you something there, becky. what do you think is going to happen with sales later this year? >>

t.j. maxx, marshalls and home goods unveiling plan to reopen 1600 stores by the end of june.e seasonal menu adds will juice up sales after coronavirus restrictions. finally this, dagen, peloton is considering a cheaper version of its $2,000 at-home fitness bike as demand increased during the pandemic. does everybody have a peloton. do you actually use it, dagen? that's always my question. i'll send it back to you. dagen: i will be more likely out there riding a tricycle on the sidewalk than stuck in my apartment on a peloton. i can't wait to get outside. more and more and more. anyway, cheryl -- cheryl: you bet. we're in our apartments enough. just to be clear. dagen: exactly. china eyeing more control, the communist country threatening hong kong's independence with new national security laws. the surprise move could end hong kong as we know it. the new putting pressure on markets around the globe. back in september, maria spoke with hong kong tech tycoon, democracy advocate jimmy lai and asked him if hong kong's fight for freedom will go on. listen. maria: i know that one is