Lara Rhame, a senior economist in fund strategy at FS Investments, talks about retail sales, consumer spending and economic growth expectations. Seema Shah, a consumer discretionary analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, tells Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz why legacy retailers will continue to struggle. Norm Champ, the former director of the division of investment management at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, talks about his new book, "Going Public: My Adventures Inside the SEC and How to Prevent the Next Devastating Crisis." Finally, Noel Hebert, a senior U.S. credit analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, discusses reports that Amazon is planning a bond sale to fund its purchase of Whole Foods.