Where to buy Hispanic/Latino Groceries in the United States

The Hispanic population in the United States is projected to double until 2050, to over $100 million. This trend will represent a big opportunity for grocery stores that cater to this community.
Already there are over 50 supermarket chains that sell mostly Latino groceries, and the store number increases every year.

Some of the most important Hispanic Grocery Store chains that can be found in the United States:
Baja Ranch Supermarket
Carnicerias Jimenez – Chicago area
Cardenas Supermarkets – with stores in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, California.
Compare Foods – stores in New York City, Long Island, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and North Carolina.
Fiesta Mart – Fiesta currently has 60 stores open in the Houston, Austin, and Dallas-Fort Worth markets.
Food Bazaar Supermarkets – with stores in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York.
Food City – stores in Arizona.
Foodarama – 10 grocery stores throughout Houston and the surrounding areas.
González Northgate – 40 stores in the Los Angeles, San Diego, and Orange County, California.
Ideal Market – stores in Pennsylvania.
Presidente – 30 stores across Miami-Dade to Palm Beach County, Florida.
Los Altos Ranch Market – 10 stores in the Southwest.
R Ranch Markets – stores located in the Southern California.
El Rancho Supermarket – Garland, Dallas, Austin, Lewisville, Cockrell Hill, Fort Worth, Airlington and Odessa, Texas.
Rancho Markets – stores opened in West Valley City, Kearns, Provo, Magna, Ogden, Salt Lake City – Utah. Savings available every week at Rancho Markets Weekly Ad
El Rio Grande Latin Market – stores are located in Texas.
El Super – with stores in Los Angeles, Southern Nevada and Phoenix. Savings available every week at El Super Weekly Ads
Vallarta Supermarkets – 47 stores through out California.

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Festival Foods will start selling natural pork and organic chicken

The success of the grass-fed beef program is prompting Festival Foods retailer to expand its offerings to natural pork and organic chicke“We want to create a destination point for the guest that requires or desires that type of product.

"We are getting many good guest comments on the grass-fed beef, from the standpoint of both edibility/quality and health attributes", Mike Zimmerman, senior meat and seafood director at Festival Foods.

Festival Foods had introduced grass-fed beef in all stores at the end of last year. With the price for organic food coming down, customers are demanding more organic selections in the meat, dairy or produce departments.

Festival Foods operates more than 20 full-service, state-of-the art supermarkets and employs more than 5,000 full and part-time associates.

FreshDirect offers 1-hour delivery

Online retailer FreshDirect has launched an app called FoodKick, that offers food selections, and one-hour delivery.
The app is geared to urban consumers, and features daily food selections, customizable meal ideas and solutions, produce, meat, fish, dairy.

FreshDirect will also highlight new and limited time offerings from partners like Cocktail Courier, Indie Fresh, Hungry Root and Mille-feuille.
The one-hour delivery is only available to customers in Brooklyn and Queens. First-time customers will get free delivery for the first 30 days on qualified orders.

FreshDirect is an online retailer that offers groceries to residences and offices in the New York City metropolitan area. FreshDirect prepares groceries and meals for its customers, with a manufacturing practice called Just In Time that reduces waste and improves quality and freshness.

Walmart will close 269 stores

Walmart had declared that it would close 269 stores, 154 of them in the US, including all of its 102 Walmart Express small-format stores.
The decision to close the stores follows a review of the retailer's portfolio initiated in October to ensure its stores were aligned with its strategy, according to the company.
The stores to be closed are less than 1% of the retailer stores worldwide, which stood at over 11,000. The closures are expected to impact 16,000 employees, including 10,000 in the US.
Walmart declared that it will open more than 300 stores around the world next year.
The retailer is the biggest in the world, with revenues of about $500 billion.

99 Ranch Market will expand to the East Coast

99 Ranch Market is going to open its first East Coast stores in Edison, Jersey City, and Hackensack. The store will provide the freshest produce and highest quality grocery products at incredible prices to the residents in the east coast.
99 Ranch Market was established in 1984, with its first store in Westminster, California. With the support of loyal customers and local communities, 99 Ranch Market is now the leading Asian Supermarket chains in the United States, with over 40 store locations in California, Nevada, Texas and Washington State. From fresh seafood and produce to incredible selection of groceries and frozen or prepared foods.
99 Ranch Market is hiring employees for all department, management trainees, bakers, and cashiers. The store offers great benefit program which include 401(k), comprehensive medical, dental and life insurance plans.

Aldi will introduce healthier checklanes

Aldi will introduce healthier checklanes at its stores, stocked with single serve nuts, trail mixes, dried fruit and granola bars instead of chocolate and candy. The healthier checklanes will be introduced at about 1,500 locations, by year's end.
The retailer checkout zones will offer fruit and nuts instead of chocolate and candy.
In an effort to offer better food options to its customers, Aldi’s private label products, are now free of certified synthetic colors, partially hydrogenated oils and added MSG.
Aldi's milk is free of artificial growth hormones for years, according to the retailer, and it has a committed to ensure that the milk used to make yogurts, sour cream and cottage cheese, has no artificial growth hormones.
Aldi is one of the biggest discount retailer in the world, with operations in Germany, UK, US, Australia.

McDonald's Sales Go Up Powered by All-Day Breakfast Menu

McDonald's had posted its best U.S. quarterly sales in nearly four years, driven by all-day breakfast menu sales.
The fast food chain had struggled lately to remain relevant with consumers, amid intense competition from other fast food restaurants.
Earlier this month, McDonald's introduced a value menu that is expected to increase the company sales. Its new McPick 2 menu allows customers to pick a pair of items for a total of $2 from four choices: mozzarella sticks, small fries and the McDouble and McChicken sandwiches.
McDonald's reported quarterly profit of $1.21 billion, or $1.31 a share, up from $1.1 billion, or $1.13 a share, a year earlier. Revenue declined 3.5% to $6.34 billion, in the quarter.

Walmart Canada will charge customers 5 cents for plastic bags

Walmart Canada will begin to charge customers in British Columbia five cents for every plastic bag, from February 9, 2016. Over the coming months all Walmart Canada stores will charge customers for the use of plastic bags.
The reusable bags will be sold for 25 cents. Walmart Canada has a zero waste commitment, and with this move the company expects to be closer of achieving this target.
Walmart Canada affirms that it has already removed 72% of its waste from municipal landfills. Some of the revenue from the plastic bag fee will be used to support plastic film recycling initiatives.
Walmart is the biggest retailer in the world, with about $500 billion in revenues, ahead of warehouse club retailer Costco and Carrefour from France.

Top Fast Food Consumption Countries

Fast Food restaurants are popular all over the world. The typical menu items common in all fast food restaurants include fries, pizza, wings, burgers, nuggets, hamburgers, salads, sandwiches, and more.
Food served in fast food restaurants is cooked in bulk in advance and kept hot; is finished and packaged to order; and is usually available ready to take away, from a limited menu.
Here are the top 10 countries with the most fast food consumption.

1. United States
2. France
3. Canada
4. United Kingdom
5. South Korea
6. Japan
7. Austria
8. Germany
9. Switzerland
10. Japan

All countries are wealthy, which means that in order to eat at fast food restaurants you need to have money. In poor countries people don't have enough money to pay for fast food, and in this countries people tend to eat cooked meals at home.

Salma Hayek cosmetics will have new and improved formulations

Salma Hayek will replace the color cosmetics of her Nuance brand with new products, due to be rolled out in CVS pharmacies, from March.
The new cosmetics will include eye shadows, a cream concealer, moisturizing lipstick, brow pencil, cream illuminators and shadow sticks, all repackaged and reformulated.
CVS has high hopes for the new exclusive make-up range, which will be formulated with anti-aging and skin care ingredients. Nuance Salma Hayek is currently number one among CVS’ exclusive brands.
CVS is one of the biggest retailers in the United States, with about 9,000 stores, and revenues that exceed $65 billion.

McDonald's sells McCafe Coffee in supermarkets

McDonald's McCafe coffee line can be found in most supermarkets and big box stores, like Albertsons, Kroger, Target, Walmart, and CVS. The McCafe premium roast sold in McDonald's restaurants is produced by Kraft, and sold in 12-ounce bags of ground coffee and 12- and 18-count K-Cup packs.

McDonald's has redesigned their cups to be more appealing to carry around, and introduced latte-style drinks designed to compete with Starbucks - the well renowned coffee shop in the world.

McDonald’s menu prices are very competitive, with fast food meals that start from $1 a piece for its value menu. McDonald’s is the world’s largest fast food chain, with restaurants in over 120 countries, selling hamburgers and Big Mac's.

Top 10 Electronics Retailers in the United States

The biggest electronics retailer in the United States is Best Buy, with sales that top $30 billion. The retailer has stores in US, Canada and Mexico. The sales were almost flat in the last 4 years, but trending lower, from  $32.99 billion in 2010 to just over $30 billion in 2014.

On the second place, with sales that reached $29 billion, Hewlett Packard is ahead of retailer Amazon, which grew faster in the last years, from only $9 billion in 2010 to $25 billion in 2014. On this pace, Amazon will became the number one electronics retailer in the United States, in the coming years.

The biggest decline in sales was registered by Dell, sales decreased from over $35 billion in 2010 to $19 billion in 2014.

Top 10 Electronics Retailers in the United States

1. Best Buy - $30.55 billion

2. Hewlett Packard - $29.02 billion

3. Amazon.com - $25.04 billion

4. Walmart - $22.9 billion

5. Dell - $19.2 billion

6. Apple Computer Retail Stores - $15.45 billion

7. CDW Corporation - $12.07 billion

8. Target - $7.39 billion

9. Staples - $7.2 billion

10. GameStop - $6.45 billion

Source: Statista.com

Target will launch its own nail care range - defy & INSPIRE

Target is launching defy & INSPIRE, a new nail care collection available exclusively at Target.
The collection will further boost the company’s two main categories; fashion and beauty. The nail color line will carry 38 different shades as well as a top coat and base, and will be rolled out into all 1,800 Target stores as well as online from 17th January. The products will cost $7.49 each.
The line boasts a patented formula that delivers a no-chip mani/pedi without the hassle of lights or other tools.
“Our guests love coming to Target because we make it easy and affordable for them to update their look, whether that’s a new throw pillow, skirt or fresh new nail color,” said Dawn Block, senior vice president, Target.com, mobile and beauty merchandising, Target. “defy & INSPIRE is the most recent addition to Target’s roster of exclusive brands, offering our guests access to the latest beauty technology and affording them the ability to achieve salon-quality results in the convenience of their own home.”
The products are aimed at budget-conscious consumers, and is part of a initiative to sell quality, affordable products.

Hand Chemistry - the best-selling hand and body product at Boots

A Canadian anti-aging hand cream has become one of the top-selling products in the UK within weeks of its launch.
“Canadians don’t like Canadian brands. They don’t think they’re sophisticated,” Brandon Truaxe, Founder of Hand Chemistry parent company Deciem told The Globe and Mail. “Yes, MAC came from here, but in a global context no one thinks of Canada as a beauty powerhouse. But it just takes a few for all that to change, and hopefully we will be one of them.”
The rumor is that UK consumers are using it as a face cream rather than on their hands as intended.

Wegmans bans cosmetics containing microbeads

Wegmans, the US based grocery chain will remove cosmetics containing microbeads from its shelves, starting February, 2016.

Tiny plastic microbeads are causing big environmental concerns in waterways, prompting Wegmans Food Markets to remove all personal care products containing this ingredient from store shelves by mid-February 2016. Wegmans has communicated about discontinuing these products directly with its affected customers and offered substitution suggestions.


Microbeads are found in some face washes, body scrubs and toothpaste formulas. These synthetic plastic particles, smaller than pin heads, pass through drains, slipping through waste water treatment plants and into natural waterways. They do not break down in the aquatic environment. Recent studies reveal that these particles can become coated with other toxins and some marine species ingest these contaminants. The Great Lakes have been identified as having large concentrations of microbeads.

Microbeads, seen as a threat to aquatic life, are prompting proposed legislation in several states across the country. A proposal to ban microplastics in New York State stalled, but an Erie County (New York) microbead ban will take effect in February 2016. Wegmans has 11 stores in the Erie County/Buffalo area, and made the decision to remove microbead products from all 88 store locations.

“We feel this is the right thing to do for the communities we serve,” says Mary Ellen Burris, Wegmans senior vice-president of consumer affairs. “It falls under our sustainability mission to make responsible decisions that positively impact people, business and the environment.”

Wegmans Non-Foods Quality Assurance Manager Betsy Crater conducted an in-house inventory to confirm that no Wegmans brand products contain microbeads. She also identified the national brand health and beauty items with microbeads sold at Wegmans stores. Products include some popular pore cleansers, body scrubs, acne washes and toothpastes, and account for a small percentage of overall personal care sales. Makers of these items are already in the process of reformulating ingredients to phase out microbeads.

While some products may be reformulated quickly, some skin care formulas may take up to a year, according to Jessi Chichelli, a Wegmans category merchant who oversees health and beauty products. She’s worked closely with suppliers to understand the expected timelines for new formulas to appear on the shelves and recommend product substitutions to try in the meantime.

Wegmans Food Markets is an 88-store supermarket chain with stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, and Massachusetts.

Source: Wegmans.com

Cartridge World Launches Free Printer Lease Program

Cartridge World launched an internet and radio advertising campaign to promote the No-Cost Printer Lease program across the United States. The program gives free access to the latest printing technology to companies of all sizes, schools and non-profit organizations. The equipment includes color and monochrome printers that copy, scan, fax and print – even from mobile devices.

Whether a business prints a dozen or 1,000 copies a day, Cartridge World provides everything a company needs to print. This includes printers, printer cartridges, paper, service, maintenance and recycling. Plus, Cartridge World’s No-Cost Printer Lease is a new alternative for businesses versus signing expensive multi-year copier contracts or buying fleets of printers at office supply stores. Details can be found at www.FreePrinterDeal.com.

“Cartridge World’s program revolutionizes the way copier companies and superstores trained corporate America to buy printers,” said Tom McLaughlin, North American Marketing Director. “With the No-Cost Printer Lease, business customers will not only use printers for free, but also benefit from saving 20-30 percent on printing supplies. They can save hundreds to thousands of dollars annually.”

The No-Cost Printer Lease program is simple, says Cartridge World. First, a company completes a questionnaire to describe their needs. Second, if the company’s printing volume meets minimum requirements, Cartridge World will present various equipment and supply options. This includes printers from suppliers such as HP, Brother, Canon, etc. Then Cartridge World will lock in prices for printing supplies for a 1- to 2-year plan for the customer.

McLaughlin explained, “As long as customers buy their printing supplies for the printers from Cartridge World, they can use the printers for free. The No-Cost Printer Lease is ideal for small and medium-sized companies and budget-strapped schools and non-profits.”

Cartridge World also offers free next-day delivery for printing supplies, service and support on printers, and cartridge recycling. “At a time when office superstores are merging and consolidating services, Cartridge World is expanding,” he added. “Whether a company needs 1 or 100 printers, they could qualify for the program and eliminate the high cost of hardware and over-priced supplies and service.” See participating locations for details.

With 450 retail locations across the United States, Canada and Mexico, Cartridge World is the only international franchise that provides full-service printing solutions for businesses and consumers. For information about Cartridge World’s printing products or recycling programs, visit a local Cartridge World store or www.CartridgeWorld.com.

Source: Cartridge World

Fred's December Total Sales Increased 10%

Fred's total sales for the month increased 10% to $231.9 million from $210.7 million in December 2014. Excluding $8.0 million from last year's December sales related to 47 subsequently closed locations, total sales increased 14% for the month. Comparable store sales for the month rose 2.4% compared with a decline of 1.4% in the year-earlier period.

Fred's total sales for the first 11 months of 2015 increased 9% to $1.994 billion from $1.830 billion for the same period last year. Excluding sales of $71.7 million from stores closed mainly in late 2014, total sales increased 13% for the first 11 months of 2015. On a comparable store basis, year-to-date sales increased 1.5% versus a decline of 1.0% for the year-earlier period.

Commenting on the announcement, Jerry A. Shore, Chief Executive Officer, said, "We are pleased to report solid sales results for December, which reflected the success of our merchandising programs designed for the holiday season and, in the case of total sales, recent growth in our specialty pharmacy department. December comparable store sales were driven by strong general merchandise department sales, with increases in holiday gift-giving categories as well as continued balance in our sales mix across all categories. On the other hand, comparable sales for our retail pharmacy department were negatively affected in December by a very low incidence of cold and flu activity, which reduced December overall comparable store sales by approximately 125 basis points.

"As we enter the last month of fiscal 2015 and move into 2016, we do so with confidence built on the successful programs and process improvements we made during this past year," Shore continued. "Our team is well aligned to extend this success with additional initiatives in the coming year to drive stronger financial returns for fiscal 2016."

Fred's, Inc. and subsidiaries operate 659 discount general merchandise stores and three specialty pharmacy-only locations in 15 states in the southeastern United States.

Source: Fred's

Barnes & Noble Holiday Sales Results

Barnes & Noble reported sales for the nine-week holiday period ending January 2, 2016. Core comparable store sales, which exclude NOOK products, increased 1.6%, marking the second consecutive holiday increase.

“We are pleased with the performance of our bookstores during the holiday period, with core comparable store sales increasing 1.6% on top of a 1.7% increase a year ago," said Ron Boire, Chief Executive Officer of Barnes & Noble, Inc. "We were also encouraged by the improved performance of BN.com during December, as the site remained stable and traffic improved through the holiday period. As we look ahead, we see further opportunities to improve the experience and increase conversion on BN.com.”

Retail sales, which include Barnes & Noble stores and BN.com, were $1.1 billion, decreasing 0.8% due to lower online sales and store closures. Comparable store sales, including NOOK products, increased 0.6% for the holiday period.

NOOK sales of $41.2 million decreased 25.8%. Digital content sales were $21.3 million and device and accessory sales were $19.9 million for the holiday period.

Based on the holiday sales results, the Company continues to expect fiscal 2016 core comparable store sales to increase approximately 1%, and comparable store sales to be approximately flat. The Company also continues to expect full fiscal year EBITDA losses in the NOOK segment to decline versus the prior year.

Barnes & Noble is the nation’s largest retail bookseller, and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. The Company operates 640 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web’s premier e-commerce sites, BN.com (www.bn.com).

Source: Barnes & Noble

Merchant Trends from 2015

ShopKeep, the cloud-based point of sale and business management solution used by more than 20,000 small businesses across the U.S., released new data highlighting interesting trends seen in 2015 from across its merchant base.

Specifically the data helped to portray not only the daily activity of a small business merchant, but also how ShopKeep merchants interact with their point of sale system. Key trends include:
• On average, ShopKeep merchants start selling at 6:42am and close at 9:49pm
• Most merchants take a break at 11:45am
• The ShopKeep Pocket app, allowing merchants to easily view store data, was checked the most during the hours of 1pm-3pm
• ShopKeep’s 24/7 customer care service, offered free to all merchants 365 days of the year, is busiest on Tuesdays

The data also highlighted trends specific to ShopKeep’s retail, QSR and FSRB merchants:
• Retail has its highest sales months in July and August, and lowest in January and February
• 10am is the average sale start time for clothing stores
• Quick serve restaurants do the most transactions between 12pm and 1pm
• November 25th was the busiest day of the year for liquor stores, while gift shops saw the most sales on December 12th

With tens of thousands of small business owners relying on ShopKeep’s sophisticated iPad POS system, and benefitting from the systems’ varied reporting features and backend analytics, the anonymized data paints a valuable and insightful picture of the U.S. small business landscape.

About ShopKeep: ShopKeep provides an intuitive, secure, iPad point-of-sale system with POS software that empowers merchants to run smarter businesses by optimizing staffing, regulating inventory and accessing sales reports and customer information on one seamless, cloud-based platform. With more than 20,000 customers.

Kroger buys Roundy's grocery retailer

Kroger announced the successful completion of Kroger's tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of Roundy's common stock for $3.60 per share in cash.

"This merger blends Roundy's complementary markets with Kroger's strengths in scale and merchandising. Our future together is bright, and we look forward to learning from each other as partners," said Rodney McMullen, Kroger's chairman and CEO. "Most of all, we want to welcome each of Roundy's more than 22,000 associates to the Kroger family of stores."

"We look forward to bringing together the best of Roundy's and Kroger for our customers and associates," said Bob Mariano, who will continue to lead Roundy's as president and CEO. He has served as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Roundy's since 2002. "Our merger with Kroger will help us continue to exceed our customers' expectations."

Kroger says that while it expects to have a cost savings of $40 million over time, it doesn’t plan to close any stores.

Roundy’s exited the Minneapolis-St. Paul market last year, selling 18 Rainbow stores to a group of local grocery retailers for $65 million.

Kroger, is one of the world's largest retailers, employs more than 422,000 associates who serve customers in 2,774 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 35 states and the District of Columbia under two dozen local banner names including Kroger, City Market, Dillons, Food 4 Less, Fred Meyer, Fry's, Harris Teeter, Jay C, King Soopers, Mariano's, Pick 'n Save, QFC, Ralphs and Smith's.

Staples has Launched New Next Day Guarantee Tech Services to Help Keep Small Businesses Running Smoothly

Staples makes more happen for small businesses with its new Next Day Guarantee Staples Tech Services. The suite of Staples Tech Services includes PC services that now come with a Next Day Guarantee to quickly and correctly fix tech issues to help keep businesses running smoothly. Select Staples stores also offer mobile phone and tablet repairs.

A recent Staples survey found that the majority of small business leaders would find guaranteed next day service for technology issues valuable. The new Next Day Guarantee from Staples Tech Services delivers fast, quality solutions including PC set up, data transfer, software upgrades, virus removal and more.

The Next Day Guarantee ensures that PC’s brought into Staples stores by Noon will be serviced by 5PM the next day -- or the repairs are free (excluding hardware repairs, unbootable PCs, off-premise services and subject to store hours).

“Staples customers rely on technology to keep their business running, and we are committed to providing quick and efficient tech services for the total lifecycle of their technology,” said Peter Scala, executive vice president, merchandising at Staples. “Whether our customers need tech support in store, online, at home or in the office, our new Staples Tech Services make solutions happen and help keep business running smoothly.”

For more information on Staples Tech services, visit: www.staples.com/techservices.

In addition, Staples Tech Services will offer mobile phone and tablet repair in select Staples stores. Mobile repairs include replacements for cracked screens, poor batteries, broken home buttons and more. All of Staples mobile phone and tablet repairs are made with the highest quality parts and come with a limited 1-year warranty.

Staples Tech Services provides all of the tech support small businesses need such as PC tune-ups, virus and malware removal, data recovery and IT support. And customers can feel confident knowing they are getting the lowest prices on technology products and services with every day guaranteed low prices, the back-to-business 110% Price Match Guarantee and the Business Less List.

About the Survey
This survey of 998 small business leaders was conducted using Research Now and was live from December 10, 2015 – December 17, 2015.

About Staples:
Headquartered outside of Boston, Staples operates throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

What are the most visited stores in US?

About half of all American shoppers had visited the biggest retailer in the world, Walmart. Among the stores most visited by consumers are CVS and Walgreens, the biggest drugstore retailers in America, with over 15,000 stores together.
The most popular stores are primarily in the fast-food, discount retail and pharmacy area, according with Placed, a data service company that monitors the behavior of more than 150,000 American consumers daily.

The most visited stores in US

1. Walmart - the retailer has over 4,500 stores in US, and is the biggest retailer in the world, with about $500 billion in revenue. Over 50% of American shoppers go to a Walmart location every month.

2. McDonalds's - the fast-food restaurant chain has over 15,000 stores in US, and revenues of about $18 billion. The fast-food locations are visited by about 50% of Americans every month.

3. Subway - with over 27,000 stores the fast-food chain is visited by about 40% of US shoppers.

4. Starbucks - the well known coffee chain has grown to over 12,000 stores, and about 30% of all shoppers go to a Starbucks every month.

5. Walgreens - with about 9,000 stores, Walgreens locations are visited by about 29% of all US shoppers every month. The retailer sells health products, grocery, cosmetics, and general merchandise.

Source: USA TODAY

Top 100 World Retailers by Revenue

In 2013 the retail landscape remained dominated by big US and Europe retailers. The biggest retailer was Walmart with $476 billion in revenue and over $16 billion in net income. The second place is at some distance, with only $105 billion in revenue, and a net income of $2 billion, Costco is ahead of Europe retailers Carrefour (France) and Schwarz (Germany), which are coming close to $100 billion in revenue.

Complete list of the first 100 world retailers
Rank Company Country Revenue (US$m) Net Income (US$m)

1 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. U.S. $476,294 $16,695
2 Costco Wholesale Corporation U.S. $105,156 $2,061
3 Carrefour S.A.        France       $98,688         $1,812
4 Schwarz Unternehmens Treuhand KG Germany $98,662 n/a
5 Tesco PLC U.K. $98,631 $1,529
6 The Kroger Co. U.S. $98,375 $1,531
7 Metro Ag Germany $86,393 $588
8 Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG Germany $81,090 n/a
9 The Home Depot Inc. U.S. $78,812 $5,385
10 Target Corporation U.S. $72,596 $1,971
11 Walgreen Co. U.S. $72,217 $2,450
12 CVS Caremark Corporation U.S. $65,618 $4,592
13 Casino Guichard-Perrachon S.A. France $63,468 $2,023
14 Groupe Auchan SA France $62,444 $1,109
15 Amazon.com Inc. U.S. $60,903 $274
16 Edeka Zentrale AG & Co. KG Germany $59,704 n/a
17 Aeon Co. Inc. Japan $57,986 $835
18 Woolworths Limited Australia $54,457 $2,258
19 Seven & i Holdings Co. Inc. Japan $54,258 $1,890
20 Lowe's Companies Inc. U.S. $53,417 $2,286
21 Rewe Combine Germany $51,109 $266
22 Wesfarmers Limited Australia $50,711 $2,076
23 Centres Distributeurs E. Leclerc France $47,671 n/a
24 Koninklijke Ahold N.V. Netherlands $43,321 $3,370
25 Best Buy Co. Inc. U.S. $42,410 $523
26 J Sainsbury plc U.K. $38,031 $1,138
27 ITM Développement International France $37,351 n/a
28 The IKEA Group (INGKA Holding B.V.) Netherlands $36,495 $4,339
29 Sears Holdings Corp. U.S. $36,188 ($1,116)
30 Safeway Inc. U.S. $35,011 $3,522
31 Loblaw Companies Limited Canada $30,697 $612
32 Publix Super Markets Inc. U.S. $29,148 $1,654
33 Delhaize Group SA Belgium $28,037 $243
34 Macy's Inc. U.S. $27,931 $1,486
35 Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC U.K. $27,739 ($373)
36 The TJX Companies Inc. U.S. $27,423 $2,137
37 Rite Aid Corporation U.S. $25,526 $249
38 Migros-Genossenschafts Bund Switzerland $25,010 $847
39 Système U, Centrale Nationale France $24,706 n/a
40 Lotte Shopping Co. Inc. S. Korea $24,601 $810
41 LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton S.A. France $24,392 $5,243
42 Mercadona S.A. Spain $23,954 $684
43 Albertson's LLC U.S. $23,000 n/a
44 Inditex S.A. Spain $22,265 $3,171
45 H.E. Butt Grocery Company U.S. $20,330 n/a
46 Apple Inc. / Apple Retail Stores U.S. $20,228 $37,037
47 Cencosud S.A. Chile $19,855 $505
48 Empire Company Limited Canada $19,829 $230
49 H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB Sweden $19,729 $2,632
50 Coop Group Switzerland $19,529 $592
51 A.S. Watson Group Hong Kong SAR $19,230 n/a
51 Kohl's Corporation U.S. $19,031 $889
52 Yamada Denki Co. Inc. Japan $18,921 $199
54 Groupe Adeo SA France $18,197 n/a
55 OJSC "Magnit" Russia $18,197 $1,118
56 Dollar General Corporation U.S. $17,504 $1,025
57 Kingfisher plc U.K. $17,454 $1,114
58 X5 Retail Group N.V. Russia $16,785 $345
59 Suning Commerce Group Co. Inc. China $16,616 $60
60 Marks and Spencer Group plc U.K. $16,391 $804
61 The Gap Inc. U.S. $16,148 $1,280
62 Jerónimo Martins, SGPS S.A. Portugal $15,712 $521
63 Coop Italia Italy $15,211 n/a
64 Meijer Inc. U.S. $15,000 n/a
65 ICA Gruppen AB Sweden $14,952 $219
66 El Corte Inglés S.A. Spain $14,789 $232
67 Conad Consorzio Nazionale Italy $14,438 n/a
68 John Lewis Partnership plc U.K. $14,164 $159
69 Gome Home Appliance Group China $13,441 n/a
70 Otto (GmbH & Co KG) Germany $13,355 $239
71 S Group Finland $13,233 $300
72 Distribuidora Internacional Dia, S.A. Spain $13,076 $260
73 Whole Foods Market Inc. U.S. $12,917 $551
74 Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. Japan $12,856 $217
75 Co-operative Group Ltd. U.K. $12,652 ($3,601)
76 Fast Retailing Co. Inc. Japan $12,639 $1,033
77 Toys "R" Us Inc. U.S. $12,543 ($1,036)
78 China Resources Enterprise Limited Hong Kong SAR $12,258 $406
79 Alliance Boots GmbH Switzerland $12,170 $1,544
80 Nordstrom Inc. U.S. $12,166 $734
81 Staples Inc. U.S. $12,160 $620
82 J. C. Penney Company Inc. U.S. $11,859 ($1,388)
83 BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. U.S. $11,800 n/a
84 Louis Delhaize S.A. Belgium $11,689 n/a
85 Dixons Retail plc U.K. $11,560 ($113)
86 Bed Bath and Beyond Inc. U.S. $11,504 $1,022
87 Spar Holding AG Austria $11,411 $251
88 S.A.C.I. Falabella Chile $11,377 $1,004
89 Metro Inc. Canada $11,236 $711
90 E-MART Co. Inc. S. Korea $11,164 $438
91 JD.com Inc. China $10,827 ($8)
92 L Brands Inc. U.S. $10,773 $903
93 Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation Canada $10,742 $584
94 J. Front Retailing Co. Inc. Japan $10,411 $348
95 Family Dollar Stores Inc. U.S. $10,391 $444
96 Canadian Tire Corporation Limited Canada $10,385 $548
97 Dairy Farm International Hong Kong SAR $10,357 $513
98 Liberty Interactive Corporation U.S. $10,307 $580
99 Ross Stores Inc. U.S. $10,230 $837
100 Uny Group Holdings Co. Inc. Japan $10,156 $66