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Consumer demand will lift retail stocks -strategist

"Kroger is not a name that we have been purchasing in our strategies. But we like retail because we do think the consumer demand is going to continue to be there," said Fernandez.

Kroger shares topped the S&P 500 Thursday morning after the grocery chain lifted its sales and profit forecasts.