Best Companies to Launch a Retail Industry Career - Business Week Magazine Picks

Best Retail Industry Employers For New College Graduates from 2006 - 2009

Each year Business Week Magazine compiles a list of the best employers for new college graduates to launch their new careers. Companies are included on the "Best Places to Launch a Career" list based on surveys completed by college service directors, college undergraduates, and the companies themselves. The results of those surveys create a ranking of companies from all U.S. industries that represent the most desirable places for grads to begin their new careers.

What follows are the Business Week "best career launch" rankings for U.S. retail industry companies only in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. The number in the left column is the ranking number that was assigned to each particular company in that particular year when compared to all companies in all industries.

2009 Best Companies to Launch A Retail Career (Out of 69 Companies Ranked):


8   Target
36  Macy's
44  Dell
50  Kohl's
52  Walgreen
60  Amazon.com
64  Sears
69  Abercrombie & Fitch

2008 Best Companies to Launch A Retail Career (Out of 100 Companies Ranked):

7   Google
14  Target
33  Amazon.com
56  Macy's
79  Walgreen
81  Sherwin-Williams
93  Dell
94  Kohl's
98  Abercrombie & Fitch

2007 Best Companies to Launch A Retail Career (Out of 95 Companies Ranked):

5   Google
25  Macy's
48  Kohl's
61  Dell
63  Walgreen
64  Sherwin-Williams

2006 Best Companies to Launch A Retail Career (Out of 55 Companies Ranked):

13  Google
33  Federated Department Stores
47  Kohl's