According to an article from Marketingcharts.com; Wal-Mart, there’s a large drop-off to the nation’s second-largest retailer, Kroger, with roughly $92.2 billion in 2012 sales. Target ($72 billion) and Costco ($71 billion) are virtually tied for the third spot, with Home Depot ($66 billion) edging CVS ($63.7 billion) for the 5th position. There is a little bit of adjustments for the 5th, 6th, and 7th spot: The Home Depot, Walgreen, and CVS Caremark are all under this small area for these competing positions.
In the what's "Hot 100 Retailer's" the positions go to:
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1
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Bi-Lo
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2
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Michael
Kors Holdings
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3
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Sprouts
Farmers Market
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4
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Lululemon
Athletica
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5
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Apple
Stores / iTunes
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6
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Under
Armour
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7
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Amazon.com
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8
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H&M
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9
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Helzberg's
Diamond Shops
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10
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The
Fresh Marke
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Even though Wal-Mart sits at the top, they fell to a dissapointment in their quartly reports.
Same-store sales, a key metric for retailers, dropped by 1.4% at Wal-Mart stores, a signal that price cuts on groceries and other every-day items haven’t been enough to keep shoppers interested. It was the first decrease in same-store sales in more than a year. Wal-Mart’s target customer is hit especially hard by the nation’s continued economic uncertainty with high unemployment and increased payroll taxes.
Sam’s Club, the company’s wholesale retailer, saw sales rise 0.2%, with growth restrained by decreased interest from business customers, bad weather and inflation. None of this came as a shock to the company. They plainly plane it on weather, inflation, and customer decrease in interest.
http://www.marketingcharts.com/wp/topics/e-commerce/americas-largest-retailers-brick-and-mortars-dominate-30857/
http://www.stores.org/STORES%20Magazine%20August%202013/hot-100-retailers
http://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2013/05/16/wal-mart-a-business-slump-at-the-worlds-largest-retailer/
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