Stores 2008 Global Powers of Retailing - (Page 8) Top 250 global retailers Retail sales Name of rank company (FY 06) 1 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Country of origin US 2006 group 2006 group 2006 retail income (loss)* Formats sales* (US$mil) sales (US$mil) (US$mil) 348,650 344,992 11,284 Cash & Carry/Warehouse Club, Discount Department Store, Hypermarket/ Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket Cash & Carry/Warehouse Club, Convenience/ Forecourt Store, Discount Store, Hypermarket/ Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket Countries of operation Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, UK, US Algeria, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, China, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, French Polynesia, Greece, Guadeloupe, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Martinique, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Tunisia, UAE Canada,China, Mexico, Puerto Rico, US, Virgin Islands China, Czech Rep., Hungary, Japan, Rep. of Ireland, Malaysia, Poland, Slovakia, S. Korea, Thailand, Turkey, UK Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK, Vietnam US 2001-2006 retail sales CAGR** 11.1% 2 Carrefour S.A. France 97,861 97,861 2,850 2.3% 3 The Home Depot, Inc. Tesco plc US 90,837 90,837 5,761 Home Improvement, Non-Store Convenience/Forecourt Store, Department Store, Discount Department Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/ Superstore, Supermarket Apparel/Footwear Specialty, Cash & Carry/Warehouse Club, Department Store, Electronics Specialty, Hypermarket/Supercenter/ Superstore, Other Specialty, Supermarket 11.1% 4 UK 79,976 79,976 3,549 12.5% 5 Metro AG Germany 75,225 74,857 1,327 4.0% 6 The Kroger Co. US 66,111 66,111 1,115 Convenience/Forecourt Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Other Specialty, Supermarket 5.7% 7 Target Corp. US 59,490 59,490 2,787 Discount Department Store, US Hypermarket/Supercenter/ Superstore Cash & Carry/Warehouse Club Canada, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, S. Korea, Taiwan, UK, US. 8.3% 8 Costco Wholesale Corp. US 60,151 58,963 1,103 11.6% 9 Sears Holdings US Corp. 53,012 53,012 1,490 Department Store, Discount Canada, Guam, Puerto Rico, Department Store, Home US, Virgin Islands Improvement, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Non-Store, Other Specialty Discount Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Rep., Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Rep. of Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, UK 8.0% 10 Schwarz Germany Unternehmens Treuhand KG 52,422e 52,422e n/a 12.0% G8 STORES / January 2008 *Group sales and income/loss may include results from non-retail operations. **CAGR = Compound Annual Growth Rate Name after forward slash is retail segment of parent company. n/a = not available ne = not in existence (created by merger or divestiture) e= estimate
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