The following video is from Friday's Investor Beat,  in which host Chris Hill, and analysts Ron Gross and Jason Moser, dissect the hardest-hitting investing stories of the day.

Retail sales numbers for June are coming in and, for some companies, the results are looking good. Costco's same-store sales were up 6%, slightly higher than expected. And Gap's same-store sales were up 7%, much higher than analysts were expecting. In our lead story on Investor Beat, Motley Fool analysts Jason Moser and Ron Gross examine the retail industry, consumer spending, the rise of e-commerce, and what it all means for investors.

Also, a look at why Boeing and UPS fell today, and why WebMD and RadioShack rose, and two stocks that our analysts will be following closely in the week ahead.