tolstoy wrote that all happy families are alike the same could be said about the retailer stocks that are worth buying after the sector’s latest selloff each is likely to sidestep the surge of discounting among bigbox stores retail has been on the ropes for weeks now after walmart ticker wmt and target tgt delivered downbeat earnings reports in midmay and lowered their outlooks inventory was one problem both rushed to stock their shelves amid transportation and supplychain gridlock just as consumers were shifting