** Analysts at Jarden positive on Australia's Temple &
Webster TPW.AX and Nick Scali NCK.AX among Australian home
and furniture retailers going into the Feb reporting season
** Prefers TPW and NCK over peer Adairs ADH.AX given the
other two's relative long-term opportunities
** TPW and NCK stock up 1.4% and 0.7%, respectively, while
ADH drops 1.1%
** Brokerage says trading during the Black Friday and Cyber
Monday week was very strong coupled with robust performance from
Boxing day into January
** Says online activity for furniture and home ware
retailing also continues to outperform
** Excess China supply continues to put pressure on other
regional suppliers to keep prices low - Jarden
** Flags that weakness in the Australian dollar is the focus
now with market aware of freight headwinds
(Reporting by Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru)
((Rishav.Chatterjee@thomsonreuters.com;))