1 Consumer Stock for Long-Term Investors and 2 That Underwhelm

Retailers are overhauling their operations as technology redefines the shopping experience. Still, secular trends are working against them as e-commerce continues to take share from brick-and-mortar stores. This puts retail stocks in a tough spot, and over the past six months, the industry’s 1.6% gain has trailed the S&P 500 by 14.7 percentage points.