What happened Dave & Buster's (NASDAQ: PLAY) outgained a rising market on Thursday as its share price jumped 15% by 3 p.m. The department store giant affirmed its prior sales guidance and boosted its earnings outlook, which suggests shoppers are still spending freely despite inflation and rising interest rates. Wall Street has been worried about the possibility that a recession is on the horizon, but Macy's latest results showed no signs of such an economic pullback, and neither did those of Dollar Tree.