Who Are the World’s Top 50 Retailers?

The National Retail Federation and Kantar have collaborated on evaluating the world’s top retailers based on their operational excellence. The result was Top 50 Global Retailers 2022.”

I love tearing these lists apart and seeing what I can discover. For example, none of the American grocery chains made the list. That is surprising in a list in with twelve grocers listed, almost 25% of the Top 50. What countries grocers dominated? They were France, Germany, and The Netherlands.

The toy industry is not interested in Fashion, Furniture, or Beauty retailers. We do, however, follow Mass Merchants and E-Commerce retailers. Those two channels combine to list twelve companies, again close to 25% of the list between the two.

Europe is the world leader in retail operational excellence with 28 companies making the list. The US placed ten while Asia listed nine merchants.

The US and the rest of the world has some catching up to do. Right now, Europe is the leader.

You can see the data below:

TOP 50 RETAILERS

Walmart – Mass – USA

Amazon – Ecommerce – USA

Schwarz – Grocery – GERMANY

Aldi – Grocery – Germany

Costco – Club – USA

Ahold – Grocery – Netherlands

Carrefour – Mass – France

Ikea – Furniture – Sweden

Seven & I – Convenience – Japan

Home Depot – DIY – USA

Walgreens – Drug – USA

Metro – Mass – Germany

Alibaba – E-commerce – China

Rewe – Grocery – Germany

Tesco – Mass – UK

Auchan – Mass – France

Watson – Drug – Hong Kong

Casino – Grocery – France

Aeon – Mass – France

Apple – Electronics – USA

H&M – Fashion – Sweden

Dairy Farm – Convenience – Hong Kong

Spar – Grocery – Netherlands

Jeronimo Martins – Grocery – Portugal

TJX – Fashion – USA

Adeo Group – DIY – France

Ceconomy – Electronics – Germany

Intermarche – Grocery – France

Fast Retailing – Fashion – Japan

Best Buy – Electronics – USA

Le Clerc – Mass – France

Sephora – Beauty – France

Family Mart – Convenience – Japan

Woolworths – Grocery – Australia

Euronics – Electronics – Netherlands

Inditex – Fashion – Spain

Couche-Tard – Convenience – Canada

Coop Schweiz – Grocery – Switzerland

Kingfisher – DIY – UK

Decathlon – Sports – France

Landmark Group – Department Store – UAE

Expert – Eletronics – Switzerland

Suning – E-Commerce – China

Louis Delhaize – Mass – Belgium

CP All – Convenience – Thailand

Falabella – DIY – Chile

Reitan – Grocery – Norway

Systems U – Grocery – France

C & A Mode – Germany

Zalando – E-Commerce – Germany

CHANNELS OF TRADE

Grocery -12

Mass – 8

DIY – 5

Electronics – 5

Convenience – 4

E-Commerce – 4

Fashion – 4

Drug – 3

Club – 1

Department Store – 1

Furniture – 1

Sports – 1

Beauty – 1

NUMBER OF RETAILERS PER COUNTRY

France – 9

USA – 8

Germany – 7

Netherlands – 3

Sweden – 2

Japan – 4

UK – 2

China -2

Hong Kong – 2

Switzerland – 2

UAE – 1

Australia – 1

Spain – 1

Canada – 1

Portugal – 1

Belgium – 1

Thailand – 1

Chile – 1

Norway – 1

NUMBER OF RETAILERS PER CONTINENT

Europe – 28

North America – 10

Asia – 9

South America – 1

Australia – 1

Africa – 1

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