With Thanksgiving just hours away, investors are bracing for the most pivotal stretch of the retail calendar, as Black Friday launches a high-stakes holiday season shaped by shifting consumer behavior, sticky inflation and growing divides in household spending — factors likely to separate retail stock winners from losers.Is Holiday Shopping Off To A Strong Start?Bank of America's latest Consumer Checkpoint report shows total card spending per household rose 2.4% year-over-year in October, marking the strong ...