What happened Retail stocks, including Wayfair (NYSE: W), Albertsons Companies (NYSE: ACI), Children's Place (NASDAQ: PLCE), and Express (NYSE: EXPR), all jumped this week as earnings season began to shift to the retail sector and as the S&P 500 touched another all-time high. Generally strong quarterly earnings and CPI data showing that inflation may be starting to cool off helped drive the broad-market index higher. Supermarket chain Albertsons jumped on Tuesday after the company announced a key new hire, tapping Sharon McCollam as the new CFO.