STORES Magazine - July 2008 - (Page T10)

2OO8 • TOP 1OO retailers Sponsored by The STORES Top 100 Retailers are ranked by sales volume — including foreign revenues — as reported in SEC filings, public statements by the companies and, where noted, estimates based on STORES research. All of the companies are U.S.-based with the exception of convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tarde, most of POWER PLAYERS whose operations are in the United States and with financial statements denominated in U.S. dollars. StORES David P. Schulz, a New York-based writer and editor, reports on U.S. and foreign retailers for several publications. • LARGE-FORMAT retailers he bigger they come, the harder they fall” is an axiom that has been ascribed to everything from trees to celebrities. Large-format value retailer power players are working hard to prevent it from being applied to them any time soon. In addition to keeping their financial houses in order, they all are polishing their altruistic credentials in order to show a beneficent side to the public, whether it is championing environmentalism, cutting prescription prices or espousing other forms of good corporate citizenship. The current economic environment has been a boon to value retailers like WalMart, Costco and Target. This provides ample resources and opportunity to build energy-efficient stores and stock their shelves with healthier, more natural and “greener” merchandise. At Costco, for instance, CEO Jim Sinegal spent a good part of his annual shareholders address touting efforts to reduce the company’s carbon footprint. A half-dozen stores are equipped with solar panels, and at least that many are having them installed this year; skylights also are being employed to cut down on electric lighting. Just about everything that can be is being recycled, from shipping pallets to the plastic used 6 to shrink-wrap merchandise. T 1 Consumer-goods packaging is being rethought so more units can be shipped per carton, pallet or truckload, thus saving on fuel. Target paid Mother Nature props with a line of eco-couture first available at Barneys New York (which did nothing to damage Target’s cheap chic rep). Next year, two new store prototypes will debut. They will be larger than existing Target stores, green-certified and devote more space to food and electronics. Wal-Mart is writing the book on eco-friendly approaches to store design, while pressuring suppliers to cut down on wasteful packaging and giving consumers options on everything from energy-efficient light bulbs to organic dairy goods and produce. WWW.STORES.ORG Company Wal-Mart Costco Target *U.S. division only 2007 Revenues (000) $378,799,000 64,400,155 63,367,000 ComparableStore Sales 1.61%* 6.0 3.0 Sales per Store $52,161,801 123,846,452 39,828,409 T10 STORES / JULY 2008 http://WWW.STORES.ORG

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STORES Magazine - July 2008 Contents Executive Editor's Page President's Page Dearth of Retail Creativity What Shoppers Think Wow, Is That a Wawa? 10 Things You May Have Missed Numbers Worth Counting Full Price/Markdown Retail People Merchandising Strategy Concept2Watch Point of Sale Outsourcing Human Resources Top 100 Retailers Store Design RFID IT Operations Systems Managements LP Vantage Point Newsbeat Cover Story Emergency Response Systems Background Checks LOEB Retail Letter Point of View NRF News Retail Crossword Retail Industry Calendar Last Laugh

STORES Magazine - July 2008

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