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Survey Ranks Walmart as Top Retailer

Apple, Amazon also on the rise

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13 years ago

July 1, 2011

VMSD Staff

A National Retail Federation’s Stores survey that ranks the top 100 retailers by U.S. domestic sales put Walmart Stores Inc. in the number one spot, even though the Bentonville, Ark.-based chain’s growth has slowed.

“It’s much harder to open new SuperCenters, which is the how [Walmart] typically achieves growth,” says Bryan Gildenberg, chief knowledge officer at Kantar Retail, which conducted the survey for the July issue of the National Retail Federation’s Stores magazine.

Amazon.com Inc. jumped to 19th this year from number 26 last year, while Apple Inc. rose more than 30 spots to 21st.

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