2018 Best Retail Companies
Walmart Inc.
Walmart is an irresistible (or at least unavoidable) retail force that has yet to meet any immovable object. It is the world's #1 retailer, as well as the world's largest company by revenue and largest employer with 2.2 million associates....
Amazon.com, Inc.
Amazon.com began as Earth's biggest bookstore, but has become Earth's biggest everything store. Its website still offers millions of books, as well as other media, home furnishings, clothing, pet supplies, office products, and hundreds of other...
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Operating more than 760 membership warehouse stores, Costco is the nation's largest wholesale club operator (ahead of Wal-Mart's SAM'S CLUB). Primarily under the Costco Wholesale banner, it serves nearly 95 million cardholders in some 45 US...
Walgreen Co.
Walgreen Co. is one of the biggest drugstore chains in the US, operating some 9,600 mostly freestanding Walgreens stores in all 50 US states, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. Prescription drugs account for about 70%...
THE HOME DEPOT U.S.A.
When it was founded in 1978 by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank, The Home Depot began changing consumers’ perspectives about how they could care for and improve their homes. The Company created the “do-it-yourself” concept, spawning an entire...
CVS Health Corporation
CVS Health is at the forefront of a changing health care landscape, with a suite of capabilities and the expertise needed to drive innovations that will help shape the future of health. The company operates approximately 9,600 retail pharmacies...
Target Corporation
Cheap-but-chic Target is the US's #2 discount chain (behind Wal-Mart). The fashion-forward discounter operates 1,800-plus Target and SuperTarget stores across the US, as well as an online business at Target.com. It sells a broad range of...
Starbucks Corporation
Wake up and smell the coffee -- Starbucks is everywhere. The world's #1 specialty coffee retailer, Starbucks has more than 29,300 coffee shops in 80 countries. The shops offer coffee drinks and food items, as well as roasted beans, coffee...
Best Buy Co., Inc.
Best Buy is one of the largest consumer electronics outlets in the US and beyond. The multinational retailer sells both products and services through roughly 1,700 retail, mobile stand-alone, and smaller express stores under the Best Buy, Best...
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Lowe's Companies has built a strong business out of lumber, cement, power tools, and other merchandise. The company is the nation's #2 home improvement chain (after The Home Depot) with some 2,150 mostly US-based locations. Its stores offer...
