STORES Magazine - July 2008 - (Page T13)

2OO8 • TOP 1OO retailers Headquarters Abercrombie & Fitch (#89) is sailing along on good demographics, appealing merchandise and fast-growing non-store sales; it is cutting store openings back to about 100 this year 2007 Revenues Y/Y (000) Change 2007 Earnings (000) Y/Y Change No. of Stores Y/Y Change Rank Company Comment 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 AT&T Wireless Atlanta $4,006,000 6.9% N.A. N.A. 2,200 4.8% Though handsets, accessories, memory cards and other merchandise are only a sideline to phone services, it adds up to big retail business Williams-Sonoma San Francisco 3,944,934 5.8 195,757 -6.3 600 Hit hard last year, as many home goods retailers were, company began to review how it allocated resources and synergies between store and catalog channels Milwaukee, Wis. 3,900,000 2.6 N.A. N.A. 164 Roundy’s (e) 2.0 1.2 Private equity owners had America’s Dairyland-dominant grocer on selling block, but the anticipated herd of potential buyers failed to materialize Altoona, Pa. 3,900,000 4.0 N.A. N.A. 340 3.0 Sheetz (e) Industry stalwart on the leading edge of technological and other innovations; continues to expand into South and Midwest from Mid-Atlantic base Pittsburgh 3,888,422 24.9 155,036 37.7 434 Busy on many fronts, adding Reebok apparel chainwide, buying 15 Chick’s Sporting Goods stores in Southern California and pushing into South Florida Dick’s Sporting Goods 20.9 Michaels Stores Irving, Texas 3,862,000 0.5 (32,000) N.A. 1,136 Stepping back from niche marketing by closing Recollections chain and most of Star Wholesale to focus on Michaels and Aaron Bros. units; new president/COO brings retail strategic leadership experience 3.4 Belks Charlotte, N.C. 3,824,800 3.8 95,700 -47.4 307 -0.6 Integration of 25 Parisian stores acquired from Saks took its toll, but company is pushing ahead with eight store openings in the works for this year Borders Group Ann Arbor, Mich. 3,820,900 2.6 (157,400) N.A. 1,111 -3.5 Newest stores include a Digital Center for entertainment downloads as well as creation of CDs and photo books, either leather-bound or electronic Abercrombie & Fitch New Albany, Ohio 3,749,847 13.0 475,697 12.7 1,028 8.9 Sailing along on good demographics, appealing merchandise and fast-growing non-store sales; cutting store openings back to about 100 this year Stater Bros. San Bernardino, Calif. 3,674,427 4.7 49,395 89.5 164 1.2 With much ballyhoo, opened new headquarters and 2.1-million-sq.-ft. distribution center in San Bernardino; now ready to close eight older DCs Batavia, Ill. 3,600,000 12.5 N.A. N.A. 850 3.7 Building warehouse in Denton, Texas, to support Southwest expansion; also growing in New England and Florida, touting everyday low prices all the way Aldi (e) The Bon-Ton Stores York, Pa. 3,467,659 0.3 11,562 -75.3 279 -0.4 Building private labels acquired from Saks in Northern Division transaction, including U.S. license for Laura Ashley; also tinkering with store formats Raley’s (e) West Sacramento, Calif. 3,400,000 0.0 N.A. N.A. 130 1.6 Shedding “sleepy” reputation, initiatives include rollout of private label organic line, Peet’s coffee kiosks in 100 stores and sell-off of New Mexico units Berkshire-Hathaway Retail Omaha, Neb. 3,397,000 1.9 N.A. N.A. 557 Helzberg Diamonds extending its reach among the jewelers in this corporate amalgamation while Jordan’s Furniture makes hay as the Red Sox shine Burlington Coat Factory Burlington, N.J. 3,393,000 -0.3 N.A. N.A. 397 Making a big move in Puerto Rico that includes occupying former Pueblo supermarkets; back on the mainland, is converting former Value City locations Bass Pro Shops (e) Springfield, Mo. 3,350,000 4.7 N.A. N.A. 49 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service says fishing has been declining in popularity for more than a decade, but Bass Pro Shops manages to grow a little each year Wawa (e) Wawa, Pa. 3,300,000 1.5 N.A. N.A. 575 Has gone back to the future and, after a six-month test, is asking fuel customers to pay cash and offers a discount to those who eschew payment cards 0.4 4.7 4.3 3.6 Harris Teeter Charlotte, N.C. 3,299,377 12.9 154,083 20.7 164 Added 19 new units last year and 15 are on the schedule for this year; clicking with early and wide introduction of house-branded organic and natural items 7.9 Saks New York 3,282,640 11.7 47,473 -11.7 102 -38.2 Store is rejuvenated and the turnaround is attracting more than just well-heeled customers; Icelandic retailer Bauger Group is among those expressing interest IACI Retail St. 1.7 87,486 107.5 0 N.A. 100In transition as Barry Diller breaks Petersburg, Fla. into five 3,180,771 up conglomerate public companies; HSN faces challenges of plateauing customer base and higher shipping costs N.A. Not available or not applicable (e) estimate WWW.STORES.ORG STORES JULY 2008 T13 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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