Top 10 largest Retail companies in the world

1. TOP 10 LARGEST RETAIL
COMPANIES IN THE
WORLD 2018

2. Introduction :
Majority of the world's largest Retailer companies hails from America and
Europe; most of these companies have thousands of well-connected Retail
stores across the globe with a huge customer base. there are numerous
online Retailers all over the world but only a few have strong and regular
customers .Below are the names of the leading Retail giants in 2018 and they
have been sorted according to their sales Figures .

3. Created by Jeff Bezos on 5th of July 1994 , Amazon is an E-commerce
Company Headquartered in Seattle Washington .The company is the
Tenth Largest Retailer in the World .Amazon is the only online
Company to make it into the top 10 global retailers. The Revenue of
Amazon as of 2016 was 135.95 Billion US Dollars .The company
Operated under Amazon.com has separated Retailing Websites for
different Countries. For example, For India the website is Amazon. In
and For U.A.E it's Amazon.ae.
Amazon was Listed as the most valuable Public company of the US
Pushing Wal-Mart to the second place in 2015
Number # 10 Amazon

4. Is the ninth largest retailer in the world in terms of revenue and is a
British retail company . The company was established by Jack Cohen
in 1919 and the first store was opened 10 years later in Burnt, Oak
Barnet .it has stores in Asia and Europe and employs more than
467.000 employees in 6.553 stores across 12 countries. As of 2017,
the company has revenue of 81.019 Billion US Dollars. The
subsidiaries of the company include Tesco Bank, Tesco Mobile, Tesco
Ireland and Tesco Kipa.
Number# 9 Tesco PLC.

5. Is a German Retailer Company with More than 10.000 Stores Situated
in 18 Countries and is the eighth largest Retailer in the world. The
company was founded in 1946 by the brothers Karl and Theo
Albrecht when they decided to take over their mother's store
situated in Essen which was operational since 1913. The company is
headquarter in Mulheim, Germany.
The Revenue of the company as of 2015 was 82.164 billion US
dollars.
Number #8 Aldi

6. Is a French Retailer which has stores in America, Asia, and Africa. It's
the seventh Largest Retailer in the World. Carrefour was founded by
Marcel Fournier, Denis Defforey and Jacques Defforry. It is situated in
Boulogne-Baillancourt, Frande and has over 11.935 stores in 33
Countries as of 2017. The company was founded on 1st January 1958
and revenue over 121.17 billion US dollars.
The company currently employs around 394.151 employees; the
current CEO is Alexander Bompard
Number # 7 Carrefour

7. This company too hails From America. The Company is headquarter
on Atlanta Store Support Center. Cobb country, Georgia U.S.A. as of
2016, it has about 2.270 stores in the united states, Mexico and
Canada . The revenue of 2016 was estimated 88.50 billion US$ and it
employs around 385.000 employees. Interline Brands is a subsidiary
of this company. the home depot is presently the largest home
Refurbishment Retailer in the US.
Number # 6 The Home Depot Inc .

8. Is a pharmaceutical Retailer and is also the fifth largest one in the
world. Established in 1901 in Chicago by Charles Rudolph Walgreen,
the company is headquarter in US .
It has over 8.175 stores as of 2016 and is basically centered in the US.
Alex Gourlay is the present president and Stefano pressina is the CEO.
The Revenue of the company is 2015 was 89.631 Billion US$
Number #5 Walgreens

9. Number # 4 Schwarz Gruppe
Is a German Retailer company, owned and operated by a
private Family which is headquarter in Germany .Its is
operating under the Dieter Schwarz Foundation and has
over 10.000 Branches in 2015 and is operational in 26
Countries . Klaus Gehrig is the Current CEO .
The revenue of the company of 2015 was around 95.000
billion US$. The company owns the famous brands Lidl and
Kaufland

10. Number 3 # The Kroger company
Also known as Kroger is a retailing Company which hails
From the US . the company was established on 1883 by
Bernard Kroger and is the largest supermarket chain in the
IS n terms of Revenue , headquarter in Ohio and has over
2.777 Locations as of 2015.
The current CEO of the company is Rodney McMullen and
the estimated Revenue of 2016 was 115.3 billion US$ . the
company employs around 444.000 People

11. Number 2# Costco
Established in 1976 by James Senegal and Jeffrey Brotman ,
headquarter in Washington US.
Has over 720 stores and employs around 126.000.
The current CEO of the company is W,Craig Jelinek and the
Chairman is Hamilton E.James . as of 2016 , the revenue of
the company was 118.7 billion US$ . Kirkland signature is a
brand operation under Costoc.

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