01:45 PM EDT, 04/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were decreasing Tuesday afternoon, with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) down 0.5% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) shedding 0.2%.

Redbook US same-store sales accelerated by 7.2% from a year earlier in the week ended April 5 after a 4.8% year-over-year increase in the previous week.

In corporate news, Harley-Davidson ( HOG ) shares fell 6% after it said Tuesday Chief Executive Jochen Zeitz will retire this year and that a search for his successor was underway.