Retail Sector
Retail Sector
Retail Sector
VIEW
Worlds TOP 10 Retailers
Sales in % of sales in
U.S. Regional foreign
Retailer Base Type $millions Region Station country
1 Wal-Mart Stores, lnc USA Discount Store 163,532.00 N.America Global 13.90%
2 Carrefour Group FRA Hypermarkets 52,196.10 Europe Global 37.70%
Single
3 The Kroger Co USA Supermarkets 45,352.00 N.America Country 0.00%
4 MetroAG GER Diversified 44,163.37 Europe Global 40.00%
5 The Home Depot, lnc USA Hardlines 38,434.00 N.America Global 3.70%
Single
6 Albertson's, lnc USA Supermarkets 37,478.00 N.America Country 0.00%
7 ITM Entreprises SA FRA Supermarkets 36,762.45 Europe Regional 36.00%
8 Sears, Roebuck and Co USA Dept Store 36,728.00 N.America Regional 10.60%
Single
9 Kmart Corporation USA Discount Store 35,925.00 N.America Country 0.00%
Single
10 Target Corporation USA Discount Store 33,702.00 N.America Country 0.00%
Ten of the top 20, and 21 of the top 50 retail organizations in the world are
U.S. based companies
World's Largest Retailers by Country
France - Carrefour
Cash and Carry/Warehouse Club,
Discount Department Store,
Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore,
Supermarket, convenience/forecourt store
World's Largest Retailers by Country
Germany - Metro AG
Apparel/Footwear Specialty, Cash &
Carry/Warehouse Club, Department Store,
Electronics, Specialty, Hypermarket/Supercenter/
Superstore, Other Specialty, Supermarket
Paris
49% of retailers
New York
47% of retailers
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o Discount store: these stores are self service,
standard general merchandise retailers regularly
offering brand name and private brand items at
low price, earn lower margins and push for high
sales turnover. The characteristics of true
discount stores include
Selling products at discounted price
Carry standard international , national, or store
brand toi build image
Self service stores to minimize operational costs
Preferred store location are low rent areas.
Like best known discount store is Wal-Mart. In India
almost all retail stores offer discounts, subhiksha
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o Department store: a department store is larger
retail store organized into several departments,
offering a broad verity and depth of product
lines. The product mix may include food
products, appliances, clothing, furnishing and
other household goods.
Like Pantaloons, shoppers stop,
department store only for kids is Kids Kemp.
Fashion related department stores in India are
Ebony, Globus, pantaloons, lifestyles.
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2. Specialty Stores: specialty stores carry a narrow
product mix with depth of assortment within the line.
The emphasis is on a limited number of complimentary
products and high level of customer service
Specialty store often sell shopping goods such as
Jewelry, apparel, computers, music systems, sporting
goods.
Like; Tanishq, Titan watches, Van Heusen, Raymond's.
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4. Retail chains: a retail chain operates multiple
retail outlets under common ownership in
different cities and towns.
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Top Indian
Retailers
1. Pantaloon Retail
1st Hypermarket - Big Bazaar / Home solutions (Hometown, furniture
bazaar, collection-i), Consumer Electronics (e-zone), Shoes (shoe factory),
Books: music & gifts (Depot), Health & Beauty Care Services (Star,
Sitara and Health village in the pipeline), E-tailing (Futurbazaar.com),
Entertainment (Bowling co.)
Recent Innovation - E-commerce hybrid format of small shops , 150 sq.
ft. fitted with 40 digital screens &home delivery
2. K Raheja Group
Indias 1st Departmental Store-Shoppers Stop & 1st Retailer from India being
member of the Prestigious Intercontinental Group of Departmental Stores
(IGDS) Stores for Books (Crossword) , Home Solutions (Homes stop),
Mothercare - Concept Stocking Merchandise
1st HYPER CITY in MUMBAI
Future innovation - Airport Retailing
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Top Indian
Retailers
3.
: Tata Group
Westside - Lifestyle Retail Chain
Star India Bazaar - Hypermarket
Landmark, India's largest book and music retailer
Infiniti retail consisting of Croma (Consumer Electronics Chain)
Also, owns Titan & Tanishq.
4. RPG Group
1st Entrants into Organised Food & Grocery Retail with Food world stores in
1996.
Launched Health & Glow (Pharmacy & Beauty Care) Outlets.
Now the alliance has dissolved and RPG has Spencers Hyper, Super,
Daily and Express formats and Music World stores across the country.
5. Landmark group 6. Piramal Group
7. Subhiksha 8. Bharti-Walmart
9. Reliance 10. AV Birla Group
Market Profile of
Various Formats
Department Stores: Shopper Stop, Lifestyle, Pantaloons
Hypermarkets: Big Bazaar, Spencer
Supermarkets and Conv. Stores: Subhiksha, Trinethra