Investopedia: hhgregg's Struggles Suggest Best Buy Could Be In Big Trouble

For all of the debate and discussion about what ails Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) and whether this large electronics and appliance retailer has a future, it's worth observing that times are just as bad (if not worse) at hhgregg (NYSE:HGG). While investors shouldn't draw straight lines between the two companies (hhgregg is much more focused on appliances and TVs), the fact remains that consumers are holding back on big-ticket spending and this does not bode well for the retailers.

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Unwrapping The Home-Improvement Big Boxes

Now that the "great retrenchment" in consumer spending has been going on for a couple of years, are shoppers itching to cast aside survivalist shopping at Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) and return to the likes of Home Depot (NYSE:HD) and Lowe's (NYSE:LOW) to buff up their houses? 

Although one quarter does not prove a thing, Home Depot and Lowe's both did something this week that they have not done in almost four years each - they posted positive same-store sales growth for a full quarter. Perhaps, then, this is the renaissance of two of America's most successful retail concepts.  

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