Investors have been hearing about "the death of retail" for years. It's been an easy sector to "dunk on," as the kids would say, as debt-laden and poorly run retailers failed to adapt to the times and fell by the wayside. But that doesn't mean that there isn't a place out there for well-run retailers in investor portfolios.

In fact, one apparel retailer, Buckle (NYSE: BKE), has trounced the broader market in recent times. Buckle is up 16% over the past year, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are down 17% and 29%, respectively, over the same time frame.

Buckle features a growing business, a strong balance sheet, and a reasonable valuation, and it cuts an interesting figure as a dividend stock. 

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