Top of the Morning: 'An update on the retailers: 2018 reflections and 2019 outlook'

Summary: Today we turn our focus back to the retailers as we reflect on the 2018 holiday shopping season. We recap performance, discuss expectations for 2019, highlight industry trends, where opportunities exist for investors and more. Featured is Consumer Discretionary Equity Strategist Americas, Rob Samuels from the UBS Chief Investment Office. As a firm providing wealth management services to clients, UBS Financial Services Inc. offers both investment advisory services and brokerage services. Investment advisory services and brokerage services are separate and distinct, differ in material ways and are governed by different laws and separate arrangements. It is important that clients understand the ways in which we conduct business and that they carefully read the agreements and disclosures that we provide to them about the products or services we offer. For more information visit our website at ubs.com/workingwithus. UBS Financial Services Inc. is a subsidiary of UBS AG. Member FINRA/SIPC