These 3 Recovering Retailers Have 1 Thing in Common

Several apparel retailers recently disproved the bears, who believed that sluggish mall traffic, e-tailers, and fast fashion players would bury older clothing stores. That list of winners includes Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF), Guess (NYSE: GES), and Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL), which rallied 81%, 116%, and 106%, respectively, over the past 12 months.