2019 Best Retail Companies
Amazon.com, Inc.
Amazon.com began as a bookstore, and becomes a store for almost all products. Its website still offers millions of books, as well as other media, home furnishings, clothing, pet supplies, office products, health and beauty, jewelry, consumer...
Walmart Inc.
Walmart is an unstoppable 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. Walmart sells groceries and...
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Operating more than 780 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 99 million cardholders in some 45 US...
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...
Walgreen Co.
Walgreen Co. is one of the biggest drugstore chains in the US, operating over 9,000 mostly freestanding Walgreens stores in all 50 US states, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. Filled approximately 287.6 million...
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 stores across the US, as well as an online business at Target.com. It sells a broad range of household goods, food...
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 #3 home improvement chain (after True Value) with about 1,730 stores mostly US-based locations. Its stores offer...
Starbucks Corporation
Wake up and smell the coffee -- Starbucks is everywhere. The world's #1 specialty coffee retailer, Starbucks has some 32,660 coffee shops. The shops offer coffee drinks and food items, as well as roasted beans, coffee accessories, and teas....
Best Buy Co., Inc.
Electronics giant Best Buy is preparing to outlast the competition with a compelling mix of products and services. The multinational retailer sells both products and services through more than 1,230 stores in the US, Canada, and Mexico under the...
