{"id":37994,"date":"2025-03-20T11:37:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T11:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/gap-and-ralph-lauren-2-retail-stocks-to-buy-after-february-inflation-data\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T11:37:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T11:37:40","slug":"gap-and-ralph-lauren-2-retail-stocks-to-buy-after-february-inflation-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/gap-and-ralph-lauren-2-retail-stocks-to-buy-after-february-inflation-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Gap and Ralph Lauren: 2 retail stocks to buy after February inflation data"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Retail stocks are looking more attractive after a more subdued inflation data<\/a> for February.<\/p>\n

Last week, the Bureau of Labour Statistics reported the consumer price index at 0.2% for the month and 2.8% for the year. <\/p>\n

Economists, in comparison, were at 0.3% and 2.9%, respectively.<\/p>\n

Easing inflation tends to be a positive for retail stocks as it boosts consumer spending. <\/p>\n

Plus, lower CPI paves the way for rate cuts that further increase the consumers\u2019 disposable income.<\/p>\n

That said, there are two retail stocks that famed investor Jim Cramer particularly recommends owning at current levels: Gap and Ralph Lauren.<\/p>\n

Why is Cramer bullish on Gap stock?<\/h2>\n

Jim Cramer sees Gap shares as worth buying \u201cas long as you don\u2019t think the entire economy is about to fall off a cliff.\u201d<\/p>\n

He has immense confidence in the leadership of Gap\u2019s new chief executive Richard Dickson, under whom, all four of the company\u2019s brands gained market share in the latest reported quarter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the worldwide clothing and accessories retailer is attractive also because it\u2019s strongly positioned to navigate the Trump tariffs.<\/p>\n

Gap sources less than 1.0% of its products from Canada and Mexico and about 10% from China, which suggests it will succeed in keeping resilient amidst the new tariff environment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While the near-term may remain a bit choppy for Gap stock, the Mad Money host is convinced that loading up on it at current levels will set up investors well for the longer term.<\/p>\n

Finally, Cramer is bullish on GAP also because it pays a rather lucrative dividend yield of 3.28% at the time of writing.<\/p>\n

Why is Cramer bullish on Ralph Lauren stock?<\/h2>\n

Shares of Ralph Lauren have fallen more than 20% since mid-February, which Jim Cramer called a buying opportunity for long-term investors on Mad Money last week.<\/p>\n

The famed investor is not entirely convinced that the US economy is headed for a severe recession \u2013 and against that backdrop, Ralph Lauren stock looks \u201cdarned cheap at current levels,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He acknowledged that Trump\u2019s tariffs <\/a>could impact Ralph Lauren and that some economic slowdown remains a possibility. <\/p>\n

However, he noted that the company primarily serves high-income households, which tend to remain resilient during downturns.<\/p>\n

Jim Cramer sees RL shares as better positioned than its peers for a comeback as the brand has succeeded in maintaining cultural relevance.<\/p>\n

Much like GAP, Ralph Lauren is also a dividend stock that currently yields 1.50%, which makes it all the more exciting to own for those in search of an additional source of passive income.<\/p>\n

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Retail stocks are looking more attractive after a more subdued inflation data for February. Last week, the Bureau of Labour Statistics reported the consumer price index at 0.2% for the month and 2.8% for the year. Economists, in comparison, were at 0.3% and 2.9%, respectively. Easing inflation tends to be a positive for retail stocks <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-37994","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-investing"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quickassetsmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}