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World's Largest Retailers by Country - Top Global Retail Companies List
Global Powers of Retailing Names Biggest and Best Retail Chains Worldwide

By Barbara Farfan, About.com

The U.S. has Wal-Mart. France has Carrefour. Each country has a retailer that has become the biggest and best, and the one to catch up to. From the 12th annual “Global Powers of Retailing” report compiled by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and STORES Magazine, this is the list of the retailers who are leading the way for the retail industry in each of their 31 homelands. (This list is arranged alphabetically by country, not according to sales or revenue.)

United States
Top Global Retail Ranking #1 - Wal-Mart Stores
Cash and Carry/Warehouse Club, Discount Department Store, Hypermarket/ Supercenter/ Superstore, Supermarket
88 U.S. Retail Companes on the Global 250 List

Australia
Top Global Retail Ranking #22 - Woolworths Ltd.
Convenience/ Forecourt Store, Discount Department Store, Electronics Specialty, Other Specialty, Supermarket
3 Australia Retail Companes on the Global 250 List

Austria
Top Global Retail Ranking #82 - SPAR Oster-reichische Warenhandels-AG
Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Other Specialty, Supermarket
2 Austria Retail Companes on the Global 250 List

Belgium
Top Global Retail Ranking #33 - Delhaize Group
Cash & Carry/Warehouse Club, Convenience/Forecourt Store, Drug Store/Pharmacy, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Other Specialty Supermarket

Brazil
Top Global Retail Ranking #106 - Comanhia Brasileira de Distribuicao SA Grupo Pao De Acucar
Convenience/Forecourt Store, Electronics Specialty, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket

Canada
Top Global Retail Ranking #38 - Loblaw Companies, Ltd.

Cash & Carry/Warehouse Club, Discount Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket

Chile
Top Global Retail Ranking #112 - S.A.C.I. Falabella

Department Store, Home Improvement, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore

China
Top Global Retail Ranking #63 - Gome Home Appliance Group

Convenience/Forecourt Store, Department Store, Home Improvement, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket

Denmark
Top Global Retail Ranking #83 - Dansk Supermarket A/S

Apparel/Footwear Specialty, Department Store, Discount Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore

Finland
Top Global Retail Ranking #80 - Kesko Corporation

Apparel/Footwear specialty, Convenience/Forecourt Store, Department Store, Discount Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Other Specialty, Supermarket

France
Top Global Retail Ranking #2 - Carrefour

Cash and Carry/Warehouse Club, Discount Department Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket, convenience/forecourt store

Germany
Top Global Retail Ranking #4 - Metro AG

Apparel/Footwear Specialty, Cash & Carry/Warehouse Club, Department Store, Electronics, Specialty, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Other Specialty, Supermarket

Hong Kong
Top Global Retail Ranking #56 - AS Watson & Company Ltd. SAR

Discount Store, Drug Store/Pharmacy, Electronics Specialty, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Other Specialty, Supermarket

Iceland
Top Global Retail Ranking #47 - Baugur Group hf.

Apparel/Footwear Specialty, Cash & Carry/Warehouse Club, Convenience/Forecourt Store, Department Store, Discount Store, Drug Store/Pharmacy, Electronics Specialty, Other Specialty Supermarket

Italy
Top Global Retail Ranking #52 - Coop Italia

Discount Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore

Japan
Top Global Retail Ranking #16 - Seven & I Holdings Col, Ltd.

Mexico
Top Global Retail Ranking #137 – Organizacion Soriana S.A. de C.V.

Cash & Carry/Warehouse Club, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore

Netherlands
Top Global Retail Ranking #25 - Koninklijke Ahold N.V

Convenience/Forecourt Store, Discount Store, Drug Store/Pharmacy, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Other Specialty, Supermarket

Portugal
Top Global Retail Ranking #116 - Jeronimo Martins, SGPS SA

Cash & Carry/Warehouse Club, Discount Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket

Republic of Ireland
Top Global Retail Ranking #236 - Dunnes Stores Ltd.

Russia
Top Global Retail Ranking #15 - X5 Retail Group N.V.

Convenience/Forecourt Store, Discount Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket

Slovenia
Top Global Retail Ranking #230 - X5 Retail Group N.V.

South Africa
Top Global Retail Ranking #127 - Shoprite Holdings Ltd.

Apparel/Footwear Specialty, Convenience/Forecourt Store, Drug Store/Pharmacy, Home Improvement, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Other Specialty, Supermarket

South Korea
Top Global Retail Ranking #78 - Lotte Shopping Co., Ltd.

Department Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket

Spain
Top Global Retail Ranking #40 - El Corte Ingles, S.A.

Apparel/Footwear Specialty, Convenience/Forecourt Store, Department Store, Electronics Specialty, Home Improvement, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Other Specialty, Supermarket

Sweden
Top Global Retail Ranking #32 - The IKEA Group

Other Specialty

Switzerland
Top Global Retail Ranking #58 - Migros-Genos-senschafts Bund

Apparel/Footwear Specialty, Convenience/Forecourt Store, Department Store, Discount Store, Electronics Specialty, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Other Specialty, Supermarket

Taiwan
Top Global Retail Ranking #187 - President Chain Store Corp.

Convenience/Forecourt Store, Department Store, Drug Store/Pharmacy, Other Specialty, Supermarket

Thailand
Top Global Retail Ranking #228 - CP All

Turkey
Top Global Retail Ranking #190 - Migros Turk T.A.S.

Discount Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket

United Kingdom
Top Global Retail Ranking #3 - Tesco

Convenience/Forecourt Store, Department Store, Discount Department Store, Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore, Supermarket

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