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Published by: Plunkett Research, Ltd.
Published: Dec. 3, 2007 - 680 Pages
Table of Contents
- A Short Retail Industry Glossary
- Introduction
- How To Use This Book
- Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the Retail Industry
- 1) Introduction to the Retail Industry
- 2) Wal-Mart Dominates as the World’s Biggest Retailer (and now America’s Biggest Grocer)
- 3) Department Stores have Evolved into Giant Apparel, Cosmetics and Accessories Stores
- 4) Name Changes, Buyouts and Consolidation Alter the Department Store Landscape
- 5) Discounting and Discount Stores Evolve
- 6) Category-Killers and Big Box Retailers Struggle to Keep Up With Discounters
- 7) Sophistication and Success for Direct Marketers
- 8) China Opens up to Direct Sellers including Avon and Mary Kay
- 9) Rise of Showcase Stores and Super-Merchandisers
- 10) Bricks, Clicks and Catalogs Create Synergies While Online Sales Boom
- 11) Retail Technologies Leap Ahead
- 12) Self Service Technologies Take Off
- 13) Retailers Find New Markets in China While India’s Retail Industry is Poised for Enormous Growth
- 14) Yahoo!, eBay and Amazon Create New Ways of Retailing
- 15) Entertainment-Based Retailing, including Power Towns
- 16) Shopping Centers Continue to Develop and Expand
- 17) Malls Morph to Stay Afloat
- 18) Kids’ Items Spark New Store Concepts
- 19) Luxury Items Move for Big Bucks
- 20) How to Interpret Reports of Retail Sales
- Chapter 2: Retail Industry Statistics
- U.S. Retail Industry Overview
- Exports, General Imports & Trade Balance in Goods, U.S.: 1980-2nd Quarter 2007
- Total U.S. Retail Sales & Annual Percent Change: 1994-2007
- Retail & Food Services Sales by Kind of Business, U.S.: 2001-2006
- Retail & Food Services Sales by Kind of Business, U.S.: Monthly, through September 2007
- Estimated Quarterly U.S. Retail Sales, Total & E-Commerce: 1st Quarter 2001-2nd Quarter 2007
- Total U.S. Disposable Income, Expenditures & Gross Domestic & National Product Per Capita: 1960-2007
- Average Annual U.S. Household Expenditures: 2000-2006
- Distribution of Total U.S. Annual Household Expenditures, by Major Category: 2007 (Estimates)
- Resident Population Estimates by Age, U.S.: 2000-2010
- Twenty Largest Shopping Centers, U.S.: November 2007
- Top 20 Websites, U.S.: October 2007
- Top 20 Retail Websites, U.S.: November 17, 2007
- Employment in the Retail Industry, U.S.: 2001-2007
- Chapter 3: Important Retail Industry Contacts
- Addresses, Telephone Numbers and World Wide Web Sites
- Chapter 4: THE RETAIL 500:
- Who They Are and How They Were Chosen
- Industry List, With Codes
- Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups
- Alphabetical Index
- Index of Headquarters Location by U.S. State
- Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country
- Index by Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations
- Index by Firms with Operations Outside the U.S.
- Individual Profiles on each of THE RETAIL 500
- Additional Indexes
- Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities
- Index of Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations
Abstract'No other guide covers the complete retail picture like this exciting new volume. America's retail industry is in the midst of vast changes - superstores and giant discounters are popping up on major corners. Malls are lagging while "power centers" are surging ahead. Savvy firms are combining bricks, clicks and catalogs into multi-channel retail powerhouses. Which are the hottest retailers? What lies ahead? Our market research section shows you the trends and a thorough analysis of retail technologies, chain stores, shopping centers, mergers, finances and future growth within the industry. Included are major statistical tables showing everything from monthly U.S. retail sales, by sector, to mall sales per square foot, to the 10 largest malls in the US. Meanwhile, the corporate profiles section covering nearly 500 firms gives you complete profiles of the leading, fastest growing retail chains across the nation. From Wal-Mart and Costco to Barnes & Noble and Amazon, we profile the major companies that marketing executives, investors and job seekers most want to know about. These profiles include corporate name, address, phone, fax, web site, growth plans, competitive advantage, financial histories and up to 27 executive contacts by title. Purchasers of the printed book or PDF version may receive a free CD-ROM database of the corporate profiles, enabling export of vital corporate data for mail merge and other uses.
*Clients who purchase the online download version of this report should use the form provided in the report to receive the database of leading companies on CD-ROM.
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