What to Watch This Week: Disney Earnings, July Retail Sales

For the week of August 8, the markets await Disney's earnings and July retail sales figures.
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For the week of August 8, the markets await Disney's earnings (DIS) - Get Report and July retail sales figures. On Monday, Allergan (AGN) - Get Report , Sotheby's (BID) - Get Report and Tyson Foods (TSN) - Get Report report earnings. On Tuesday, Coach's  (COH) quarterly results are released, along with SolarCity (SCTY) , Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX) , Walt Disney, Whitewave Foods Company (WWAV) and Yelp (YELP) - Get Report . Ralph Lauren (RL) - Get Report and The Wendy's Company (WEN) - Get Report release earnings Wednesday. On Thursday, Alibaba Group (BABA) - Get Report , Kohl's (KSS) - Get Report , Macy's (M) - Get Report and Nordstrom (JWN) - Get Report report earnings. On Friday, retailer J.C. Penney (JCP) - Get Report is set to unveil financial results. As for Disney, analysts expect the entertainment company to post earnings of $1.61 a share on sales of $14.15 billion. During the same quarter a year ago, the company reported earnings of $1.45 per share with sales of $13.1 billion. On the economic calendar, the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for June is released Wednesday. On Thursday, the markets await weekly jobless claims, along with July retail sales on Friday. TheStreet's Scott Gamm reports from Wall Street.