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2OO8 • TOP 1OO retailers Headquarters Meijer (#28) touts its environmentally-friendly natural and organic credentials while expanding to nine new locations this year 2007 Revenues Y/Y (000) Change 2007 Earnings (000) Y/Y Change No. of Stores Y/Y Change Rank Company Comment 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Salisbury, N.C. $18,200,000 5.5% N.A. N.A. 1,585 2.7% Delhaize America (e) Hannaford’s data security breach was downside, overshadowing Bloom’s success, launch of Bottom Dollar units; progress also evident at Sweetbay chain Kohl’s Menomonee Falls, Wis. 16,473,700 5.6 1,083,900 -2.2 929 13.7 Times are tough when Kohl’s cuts store openings to 70-75 this year from 112 in ’07; differentiating with Vera Wang, Bobby Flay, Fila Sport and Food Channel Gap San Francisco 15,763,000 -1.0 833,000 7.1 3,167 1.1 New CEO Glenn Murphy tries righting ship that has tended to list under former skippers; Banana Republic launches standalone BR Monogram location Office Depot Delray Beach, Fla. 15,527,537 3.4 395,615 -21.4 1,600 6.2 Showdown at annual meeting gave management some room — and time — to breathe; moved into India as majority partner in joint venture with Reliance Retail Amazon.com Seattle 14,835,000 38.5 476,000 150.5 0 N.A. Digital downloads for MP3 players, Kindle e-books reader keeps things humming and, says CFO Tom Szkutak, new and improved offerings are being readied Wayne, N.J. 13,794,000 5.7 153,000 40.4 1,553 9.0 Toys “R” Us (e) A long way from being a subsidiary of Interstate Department Stores and a long road to recovery under private ownership, but the improvement can be seen H.E.B. (e) San Antonio 13,400,000 4.7 N.A. N.A. 310 2.0 Another convert to price-cutting, rolling out “Big Savings Start Here” initiative on thousands of SKUs; H.E.B. Plus stores innovate and compete vs. supercenters Meijer (e) Grand Rapids, Mich. 13,300,000 4.3 N.A. N.A. 183 4.6 Midwestern supercenter operator touts its environmentally-friendly, natural and organic credentials while expanding to nine new locations this year 7-Eleven (e) Dallas 13,000,000 -13.3 N.A. N.A. 6,100 -12.9 Changing from operator to franchisor while moving ahead with food offerings by testing 90-second pizzas, Philly cheese steaks and a Slurpuccino beverage PTC (e) Knoxville, Tenn. 12,500,000 5.9 N.A. N.A. 323 13.3 Rapidly growing joint venture of Pilot Corp. and Marathon Oil sells more than 4.5 billion gallons of petroleum products and $300 million in fast food a year Alimentation CoucheTarde(e) Laval, Quebec 12,087,400 19.0 196,400 0.1 5,513 8.2 Adds business wherever it can be found; recent deal involves operating 252 convenience stores in New England, Mid-Atlantic states for Irving Oil Circuit City Richmond, Va. 11,743,691 -5.5 (319,897) N.A. 1,472 27.8 Carl Icahn, Blockbuster and others are vying for control; still expanding its online presence and service initiatives through firedog.com and remodeling some stores into "The City" Yum Brands Louisville, Ky. 10,416,000 8.9 909,000 10.3 35,000 1.2 Parent of KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, A&W and Long John Silver’s has grown franchised units 13% over past five years; company-owned units declined 3% Limited Brands Columbus, Ohio 10,134,205 -5.0 717,972 6.4 2,926 -23.0 Shed a lot of apparel with Limited, Express chains and now down to Victoria’s Secret lingerie, plus beauty goods in VS, Bath & Body Works Dollar General Goodlettsville, Tenn. 9,495,246 3.5 (12,816) N.A. 8,222 2.8 A full year under private equity ownership has brought many changes, ranging from executive shake-ups to retrenching expansion plans and altering store layouts Starbucks Seattle 9,411,497 20.9 672,638 19.2 15,011 20.7 With Howard Schultz back at helm, Starbucks has been introducing new products, closing old stores and pushing all the buttons to see what works OfficeMax Naperville, Ill. 9,081,962 1.3 207,373 126.1 976 6.8 Slower sales blamed on state of the economy as chairman/CEO Sam Duncan assures, “We continue to advance the strategies of our turnaround plan” BJ’s Wholesale Club Natick, Mass. 9,005,002 6.2 122,861 70.6 177 2.9 Exited pharmacy business, but as a value retailer, benefitting from consumer concerns about rising prices even as groceries, gasoline drive sales gains Valero San Antonio 8,884,000 7.9 N.A. N.A. 953 -1.4 Largest North American refiner bought 72 c-stores and fueling kiosks from Albertsons this spring; introduced Road Runner store concept in San Antonio Nordstrom Seattle 8,828,000 3.1 715,000 5.5 157 -17.8 Shed Façonnable last year and keeps plowing ahead regardless of economy, planning 4-5 new stores a year through 2015; may even head to the Big Apple N.A. Not available or not applicable (e) estimate STORES JULY 2008 T7 WWW.STORES.ORG http://Amazon.com http://firedog.com 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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