Top 50 Retailing Giants

摘要

In the weak economy that prevailed through much of 2010, it was a battle of inches for retailers looking to garner greater market share in home textiles. At the top of the heap, No. 2 ranked Bed Bath & Beyond is creeping close enough to Walmart to begin threatening its status as the largest seller of home textiles in the United States. In 2010, the volume distance between them was just $40 million - compared to $380 million in 2009 and $448 in 2008. After brushing aside JCPen-ney to claim the No. 3 spot in last year's ranking, Target widened the gap. Target outsold JCP by $275 million in 2010 after outpacing the department store by just $80 million in 2009. The Top 5 retailers-Walmart, Bed Bath & Beyond, Target, JCPenney and Kohl's - once again are the only companies generating $1 billion or more in home textiles sales. As a group, their sales grew 3.2% to $13.2 billion, but their share of the Top 50's $23.0 billion in 2010 remained stagnant: 57.4% last year compared to 57.5% a year earlier.