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Here's what's on tap tonight.

It's been two very different tales of the tape for major retailers this year with

Walmart hitting all-time highs and target plumbing multi-year lows. Well, this week's earnings are year

with all-time highs and target plumbing multi-year lows will this week's earnings

reports exacerbate that trend for counting down to the latest read on the

consumer and what it could mean for the markets plus a weight loss wonder new data on Novo Nordis

Wigobe diabetes drug showing strong results against heart disease too but is

this and other drugs like it really the cure-all for the industry and later a a big bet on E.B. is one of the

nation's biggest pension funds scooping up shares of Tesla and Rivian. So

should you bank on these names for some long-term gains? I'm Melissa Lee coming

to you a lot from Studio B at the Nazac on the desk tonight Tim Seymour

Karen Fireman, Dan Nathan, and Guyadami.

We start off with a kickoff to retail earnings season, Home Depot leading the charts with its report

earning tomorrow morning. Target, TJX, Walmart, Macy's, and Gap all following close behind.

They're not the only reads we get on the consumer this week,

CPI and retail sales of course also on deck.

But a new report suggests the consumer may not be as strong as previously

thought.

The Just Launch Real Time Retail Monitor, distributed by CNBC in conjunction with the National

Retail Federation and Affinity Solutions, shows spending ex-autos and gas

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