STORES Global Powers of Retailing 2009 - (Page 32) 2009 global powers of retailing mature retail markets. However, profitability remains strong. At 7.3%, the group’s composite net profit margin was nearly double that of the Top 250 overall. The hardlines & leisure goods retailers continue to become more international in scope. The average company in this product sector operated in 8.4 countries in 2007, second only to the fashion group. Twenty-one percent of these companies’ retail sales were from operations outside their home country. This sector has experienced the fastest growth over the 2002-2007 period – a composite compound annual growth rate of 9.6%. The pace slowed to 6.8% in 2007. The composite profit margin was a respectable 4.0%. The diversified retailers, selling a broad product offering and often operating a range of formats, tend to be large almost by definition. These 19 companies had average 2007 sales of $12.8 billion. While the retailers in this group operated in an average 7.1 countries, most of their business was done close to home. Only 6.1% of the sales of this group came from foreign operations. Sales growth for the diversified companies mirrored the Top 250 as a whole over the 2002-2007 period, at 7.3% compounded annually. In 2007, growth slowed considerably to 4.3%. Profitability was also on a par with the total group. Although there was some movement in the rankings, there were relatively few significant changes to the lists of the ten largest retailers by major product sector in 2007. The only change among the top 10 fast-moving consumer goods retailers was that Schwarz Group overtook Costco at #6. Multi-national specialty apparel retailer H&M joined the ranks of the top 10 fashion goods retailers at #8. Kohl’s and LVMH each moved up Top 10 Retailers by Product Sector Top 10 fast-moving consumer goods retailers, 2007 Sector rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Top 250 rank 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 10 11 12 Company Wal-Mart Carrefour Tesco Metro Kroger Schwarz Costco Aldi Walgreens Rewe Retail sales (U.S.$ billions) $374.5 112.6 94.7 87.6 70.2 69.3 63.1 58.5 53.8 51.9 Country of origin U.S. France UK Germany U.S. Germany U.S. Germany U.S. Germany Top 10 hardlines & leisure goods retailers, 2007 Sector rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Top 250 rank 5 15 24 32 42 44 49 51 55 59 Company Home Depot Lowe’s Best Buy IKEA Kingfisher PPR DSG Yamada Denki Co. Amazon.com Toys “R” Us Retail sales (U.S.$ billions) $77.3 48.3 40.0 26.2 18.8 18.6 16.4 15.5 14.5 13.8 Country of origin U.S. U.S. U.S. Sweden UK France UK Japan U.S. U.S. Source: published company data and Planet Retail Source: published company data and Planet Retail Top 10 diversified retailers, 2007 Sector rank Country of origin U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. Spain France Sweden Germany U.S. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Top 250 rank 8 13 40 45 66 80 84 107 139 145 Company Target Sears Holdings El Corte Inglés Marks & Spencer Otto Group Kesko Lotte Shopping J. Front Retailing Tokyu Gr. Galeries Lafayette Retail sales (U.S.$ billions) $63.4 50.7 20.3 18.1 12.8 11.0 10.3 7.5 5.7 5.5 Country of origin U.S. U.S. Spain UK Germany Finland S. Korea Japan Japan France Top 10 fashion goods retailers, 2007 Sector rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Top 250 rank 31 41 43 48 50 65 68 75 76 87 Company Macy’s J.C. Penney TJX Kohl’s Gap Inditex LVMH H&M Arcandor Limited Brands Retail sales (U.S.$ billions) $26.3 19.9 18.6 16.5 15.8 12.9 12.7 11.6 11.5 10.1 Source: published company data and Planet Retail G32 STORES / January 2009 Source: published company data and Planet Retail www.deloitte.com/consumerbusiness http://www.Amazon.com http://www.deloitte.com/consumerbusiness
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