RETAIL TRADE

Retail Trade - Retail Stores

Retail industry is primarily engaged is selling consumer goods and related services through stores to the general public. Large retail firms also tend to operate their own warehouse facilities and, in some instances, have manufacturing operations for the production of private-label goods.

Retail Stores

Automobile parts, clothing stores, drug stores, food specialty stores, furniture stores, appliance stores, gasoline service stations, general stores, grocery stores, hardware stores, shoe stores, supermarkets and so on.

Largest International Retail Groups:

Retail stores

Retail Distributors

United States – Wal-Mart Stores
Cash and Carry/Warehouse Club, Discount Department Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket

The top retailer in the U.S. is also the largest retailer in the world, using total annual revenue as the measure.

Australia – Woolworths Ltd.
Convenience/Forecourt Store, Discount Department Store, Electronics Specialty, Other Specialty, Supermarket

Austria – SPAR Oster-reichische Warenhandels-AG
Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Other Specialty, Supermarket

Belgium – Delhaize Group
Cash & Carry/Warehouse Club, Convenience/Forecourt Store, Drug Store/Pharmacy, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Other Specialty Supermarket

Brazil – Comanhia Brasileira de Distribuicao SA Grupo Pao De Acucar
Convenience/Forecourt Store, Electronics Specialty, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket

Canada – Loblaw Companies, Ltd.
Cash & Carry/Warehouse Club, Discount Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket

Chile – S.A.C.I. Falabella
Department Store, Home Improvement, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore

China – Bailian Group
Convenience/Forecourt Store, Department Store, Home Improvement, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket

Denmark – Dansk Supermarket A/S
Apparel/Footwear Specialty, Department Store, Discount Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore

Finland – S Group (SOK)
Apparel/Footwear specialty, Convenience/Forecourt Store, Department Store, Discount Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Other Specialty, Supermarket

France - Carrefour
Cash and Carry/Warehouse Club, Discount Department Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket, convenience/forecourt store

Germany - Metro AG
Apparel/Footwear Specialty, Cash & Carry/Warehouse Club, Department Store, Electronics, Specialty, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Other Specialty, Supermarket

Hong Kong – AS Watson & Company Ltd. SAR
Discount Store, Drug Store/Pharmacy, Electronics Specialty, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Other Specialty, Supermarket

Hungary – CBA Kereske-delmi Kft.
Supermarket

Iceland – Baugur Group hf.
Apparel/Footwear Specialty, Cash & Carry/Warehouse Club, Convenience/Forecourt Store, Department Store, Discount Store, Drug Store/Pharmacy, Electronics Specialty, Other Specialty Supermarket

Italy – Coop Italia
Discount Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore

Mexico – Organizacion Soriana S.A. de C.V.
Cash & Carry/Warehouse Club, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore

Netherlands – Koninklijke Ahold N.V
Convenience/Forecourt Store, Discount Store, Drug Store/Pharmacy, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Other Specialty, Supermarket

Portugal – Jeronimo Martins, SGPS SA
Cash & Carry/Warehouse Club, Discount Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket

Russia – X5 Retail Group N.V.
Convenience/Forecourt Store, Discount Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket

South Africa – Pick ‘n Pay Stores Ltd.
Apparel/Footwear Specialty, Convenience/Forecourt Store, Drug Store/Pharmacy, Home Improvement, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Other Specialty, Supermarket

South Korea -- Lotte Shopping Co., Ltd.
Department Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket

Spain – El Corte Ingles, S.A.
Apparel/Footwear Specialty, Convenience/Forecourt Store, Department Store, Electronics Specialty, Home Improvement, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Other Specialty, Supermarket

Sweden – The IKEA Group
Other Specialty

Switzerland – Migros-Genos-senschafts Bund
Apparel/Footwear Specialty, Convenience/Forecourt Store, Department Store, Discount Store, Electronics Specialty, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Other Specialty, Supermarket

Taiwan – President Chain Store Corp.
Convenience/Forecourt Store, Department Store, Drug Store/Pharmacy, Other Specialty, Supermarket

Turkey – Koc Holding/Migros Turk TAS
Discount Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket

United Kingdom – Tesco
Convenience/Forecourt Store, Department Store, Discount Department Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket

Retail trade definition:

SIC definition

This SIC division includes establishments engaged in selling merchandise for personal or household consumption and rendering services incidental to the sale of the goods. In general, retail establishments are classified by kind of business according to the principal lines of commodities sold (groceries, hardware, etc.), or the usual trade designation (drug store, cigar store, etc.). Some of the important characteristics of retail trade establishments are: the establishment is usually a place of business and is engaged in activities to attract the general public to buy; the establishment buys or receives merchandise as well as sells; the establishment may process its products, but such processing is incidental or subordinate to selling; the establishment is considered as retail in the trade; and the establishment sells to customers for personal or household use. Not all of these characteristics need be present and some are modified by trade practice.

NAICS definition:

The Retail Trade NAICS sector comprises establishments engaged in retailing merchandise, generally without transformation, and rendering services incidental to the sale of merchandise.

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