Strong payrolls lift retailer hopes further

By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) - Against the backdrop of a strengthening labor market, retailers are set to report earnings next week and could help the consumer sector regain the leadership lost to technology in the latest market rally. "The consumer should be feeling pretty good heading into the last couple of the months of the year," said Sean Lynch, co-head of global equity strategy at Wells Fargo Investment Institute in Omaha. "We think we could be set up for a little bit of a (stock