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Since its founding in 1962, Walmart has become the world’s largest retailer, operating over 10,700 stores globally (including 4,600 namesake locations on its home turf and another 600 Sam’s Club outlets) and growing its e-commerce presence, attracting 270 million customers weekly. In aggregate, the firm posted more than $680 billion in fiscal 2025 sales. Its core operations span three reporting segments: Walmart US (68% of fiscal 2025 sales), Walmart International (18%), and Sam’s Club (14%). Within the US, nearly 60% of its $465 billion in fiscal 2025 revenue came from its grocery offerings, with another quarter from general merchandise. Internationally, Walmart’s operations are concentrated in Mexico, though it also has budding exposure to India.

Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer, operating 2,359 warehouse-format stores offering more than 30,000 products in store and 1 million products online in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Its stores offer building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, and decor products and provide various services, including home improvement installation services and tool and equipment rentals. The acquisition of Interline Brands in 2015 allowed Home Depot to enter the MRO business, which has been expanded through the tie-up with HD Supply (2020). The 2024 tie-up with SRS will help grow professional demand in roofing, pool, and landscaping projects, while the 2025 purchase of GMS will lift building product sales through 1,250 distribution locations.

Target’s start dates back to 1962, but now it is one of the largest discount retailers in the United States (where it derives all of its sales), operating just under 2,000 stores and generating over $106 billion in fiscal 2024 sales. The company offers a broad assortment of merchandise across categories including apparel and accessories (16% of fiscal 2024 revenue), beauty and household essentials (30%), food and beverage (23%), hardlines (15%), as well as home furnishings (16%). Target’s model is anchored in its physical store base, which fulfills more than 97% of sales. Around 30% of sales are derived from its own private-label brands.

Wal - Mart de Mexico SAB de CV is the owner and operator of Wal-Mart branded self-service stores in Mexico and Central America. Wal-Mart de Mexico is a subsidiary of Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated, based in the United States. The company generates the majority of revenue in Mexico and a small proportion of revenue from the rest of Central America. The company operates discount stores, hypermarkets, supermarkets, wholesale stores, and pharmacies. The company also engages in the import and sale of goods, property development, and real estate management activities.

Tesco is a large food retailer, operating thousands of stores in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Central Europe. The majority of Tesco’s sales are from the UK, where the firm has over 24% market share, more than double the second-largest peer, Sainsbury’s, according to Euromonitor. Tesco also holds 30% e-grocery market share in the UK, holding a dominant position online. Tesco gained exposure to the cash-and-carry and out-of-home delivery industries with the GBP 4 billion acquisition of Booker in 2018.

Dollarama is Canada’s largest dollar store chain that sells a broad range of everyday consumables and household items at low fixed price points, currently capped at CAD 5. General merchandise and consumables make up 90% of total sales, and the rest is from festivity-related seasonal items. The retailer operates more than 1,600 stores across Canada, mostly in convenient locations in metropolitan areas, midsize cities, and small towns. It also holds a 60% stake in South American value retailer Dollarcity, which operates more than 600 stores across Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Peru, and Mexico. In 2025, the firm closed its CAD 234 million acquisition of Australian retail chain The Reject Shop, which operates 395 stores.

Woolworths is Australia's largest retailer. Operations include supermarkets in Australia and New Zealand, and discount department and pet stores. Woolworths also supplies businesses, like restaurants and cafes, following the acquisition of PFD Food Services. The Australian food division with its supermarkets constitutes the majority of group EBIT, followed by New Zealand supermarkets and PFD, while Big W is a minor contributor.

Avenue Supermarts Ltd is an India-based company engaged in the business of organized retail and operates supermarkets under the brand name of D-Mart. It provides products under the categories of Foods, Non-Foods (FMCG) and General Merchandise and Apparel. Foods category includes products such as dairy, staples, groceries, snacks, frozen products, processed foods, beverages and confectionary and fruits and vegetables. Non-Foods (FMCG) comprises home care products, personal care products, toiletries and other over-the-counter products. General Merchandise and Apparel include bed and bath, toys and games, crockery, plastic goods, garments, footwear, utensils and home appliances. The business operations of the company are principally carried out in India.

AEON Co Ltd is a holding company engaged in comprehensive finance, development, and services with a focus on retail businesses. The Comprehensive Finance segment covers credit cards, banking, insurance, and related services. The Developer segment handles shopping center development, leasing, facility management, amusement, and restaurants. The Discount Store (DS) segment operates discount stores, while the General Supermarket (GMS) segment includes supermarkets and bento delicatessen specialty stores. The Health & Wellness segment runs drugstores and pharmacies. The International segment focuses on retail in ASEAN and China. Services/Specialty Store includes casual fashion, footwear, and variety goods. Supermarket (SM) operates supermarkets, convenience stores, and small outlets.

Since its beginning in 1939, Dollar General has grown to become the largest dollar store operator in the United States, with more than 20,000 small-box discount stores across 48 states. The firm generated $40 billion in fiscal 2024 sales. The retailer maintains a heavy concentration of stores in rural and low-income markets underserved by big-box retailers. It’s 11,000 stock-keeping units, including 2,000 priced at $1 or less, span consumables (82% of sales), seasonal items (10%), home products (5%), and apparel (3%). More than 20% of sales are derived from private label.

Founded in 1986, Dollar Tree operates almost 9,000 small-box discount stores across the United States and Canada, offering roughly 85% of its merchandise under $2. The chain targets value-conscious suburban and urban shoppers with a mix of consumables (49% of sales), variety (45%), and seasonal goods (6%). In fiscal 2024, Dollar Tree generated over $17 billion in sales, through its multi-price strategy, higher-margin discretionary assortments, and private-label products that account for nearly one-third of sales.

Coles is one of Australia's largest retailers, operating the second-largest supermarket chain behind market leader Woolworths, and the country's second-largest liquor chain. The group has an extensive store network of over 1,800 stores and roughly 80% of Australians live within a 10-minute drive from a Coles store. The retailer employs some 120,000 people, who process some 20 million individual customer transactions a week. This compares with Woolworths processing about 30 million customer transactions per week from Australia's population of 27 million.

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield owns a portfolio of quality malls, about two thirds in continental Europe. Since acquiring Westfield in 2018 URW also has about 10% in the UK and about a quarter in the USA, but it plans to drastically reduce exposure to the latter. More than 90% of rent comes from shopping centers, the remainder from offices, mostly Paris, as well as some offices attached to mixed-use assets around the world, and a similar amount from a conventions and exhibitions business in France.

Pan Pacific International Holdings is a leading operator of discount stores and general merchandise stores primarily in Japan, operating 655 stores as of mid-2025 nationally. It offers a wide range of products from packaged food, cosmetics, and household products to consumer electronics. The primary store formats include the Don Quijote discount stores, Mega Donki format, and general merchandise stores operated under FamilyMart UNY. Overseas operations concentrate on North America and Southeast Asia. The group has acquired small supermarket chains in Hawaii and California in the US and also accelerated store expansion across Singapore and Hong Kong.

Falabella SA is involved in offering products and services in five business divisions: department stores, home improvement, supermarkets, financial services, and real estate. All business segments operate in South American countries. The largest division by revenue, financial services offers access to credit by combining traditional financial business with proximity to customers through retail formats. Home improvement has a diverse customer base: from individuals to construction-sector players and corporates. This segment's main categories are construction materials, home improvement products, home accessories and furniture. The department stores segment offers various brands such as private brands, second generation, exclusive brands, and international brands.

Founded in 1959, Carrefour is a multiformat retailer with operations in over 40 countries. Approximately 75% of sales stem from Europe and the rest from Latin America. In France, where Carrefour generates nearly 50% of its total revenue, the firm has a grocery market share of 22%, behind market leader E.Leclerc (24%), according to Kantar. Carrefour operates over 15,000 stores in hypermarket, supermarket, convenience store, and discount store formats. In 2024, Carrefour completed the acquisition of the Cora and Match banners from Louis Delhaize group for an enterprise value of EUR 1.05 billion.

SM Investments Corp is a Philippines conglomerate with operations in retail, banking, property, and Portfolio investments. The retail division operates department stores and food retail stores. The property division is mainly present in Southeast Asia and is focused on malls, residences, office buildings, resorts, hotels, and convention centers. SM Banking provides financial services through BDO Unibank and China Banking Corporation. China Banking Corporation is servicing emerging companies and small- and medium-scale enterprises. BDO has diverse operations from credit cards, insurance, and leasing to investment banking, and asset management. The majority of its revenue comes from the retail segment that engages in the trading of merchandise such as dry goods, wearing apparel, and others.

Marks & Spencer is a British multichannel retailer with stores across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The majority of revenue stems from the firm’s UK operations, selling predominantly its own-brand food, clothing, and home merchandise. The food segment includes value products (dairy, poultry, meat, fresh produce), ready-made meals, and healthy items. The clothing and home division sells womenswear, lingerie, menswear, kidswear, beauty, and home products. The remaining revenue comes from international sales, where M&S sells through a mix of its own stores, franchises, and online channels.In 2020, the firm entered into a joint venture, purchasing 50% of grocery e-commerce business Ocado Retail. Ocado is the exclusive online distributor of M&S food within the UK.

Shoprite Holdings Ltd is Africa’s food retailer, headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, with a widespread presence across multiple African countries. The company's main business is supermarket retailing through brands such as Shoprite, Usave, and Checkers. The company organizes its operations into three main segments: Supermarkets RSA, which covers its core supermarket retail operations in South Africa. The company segments include Supermarkets Non-RSA, covering supermarket operations in other African countries; and Other Operating Segments, which include franchise stores, pharmacies, pet products, clothing, and other specialist retail formats.

President Chain Store Corporation, along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in managing convenience stores, restaurants, drugstores, department stores, supermarkets, and online shopping stores under different brands. It focuses on offering various daily consumer goods, such as fresh food, beverages, cosmetics, and household items. One of its key operations includes the management of 7-Eleven stores across Taiwan and other regions. The group operates in Taiwan, Mainland China, the Philippines, and Japan. Its reportable segments are Convenience stores, which derive maximum revenue, Retail business group, Logistics business group, and Other operating segments. Geographically, the group derives a majority of its revenue from Taiwan, followed by other regions.

El Puerto de Liverpool SAB de CV is a retail company that operates throughout Mexico in three business segments: Liverpool, which offers clothing, home goods, furniture, and cosmetics in Liverpool stores as well as boutique locations; Suburbia, which includes Suburbia stores selling consumer products of its own brands; The credit segment is a complement to the Liverpool and Suburbia commercial segment. The company finances its clients in the form of Liverpool and Suburbia departmental credit cards, which customers can buy exclusively at company stores and real estate, which leases commercial space to tenants of its Galeria shopping malls. The Liverpool segment brings in the majority of revenue, with the Maximum portion coming from Mexico City and the surrounding areas.

Albertsons is the second-largest supermarket operator in the United States with about 2,300 stores across a variety of banners. Around 80% of the firm’s sales comes from nonperishable and fresh food, of which 26% comes from its portfolio of private brands. The company operates fuel centers at about 20% of its store locations and pharmacies at 75%. Albertsons went public in 2020 following years of ownership under private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, which still owns about a fourth of the outstanding shares.

Empire Co Ltd key businesses are food retailing, investments, and other operations. The food retailing division operates through Empire's subsidiaries Sobeys, National, Farm Boy, and Longo’s, and represents nearly all of the company's income. This segment owns, affiliates, or franchises various stores in different provinces, under retail banners including Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, and Foodland. The company's investment and other operations segment include the investment in Crombie REIT, which is an open-ended Canadian real estate investment trust.

99 Speed Mart Retail Holdings Bhd is a grocery retailer in Malaysia. The company's outlets carry daily necessities comprising mainly FMCG such as food and beverages, personal and baby care products, as well as household products. It has a single operating segment, namely retail of consumable merchandise and other household products.

Cencosud SA is a multi-brand retailer in South America. Headquartered in Chile, the Company has organized its reportable segments into: Supermarkets, Shopping Centers, Home Improvement stores, Department stores, Financial Services, and Others., the company is involved in commercial real estate development by leasing shopping mall space to third parties. Cencosud also provides private-label credit cards and financial services to retail customers. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Supermarket segment.

Macerich invests in premium mall assets. The company owns 27 regional malls in its consolidated portfolio and 10 regional malls in its unconsolidated portfolio along with a power center and seven other real estate assets. The company's total portfolio has 39.9 million square feet of gross leasable area and averaged $867 sales per square foot over the 12 months ended in September 2025.

DFI Retail Group Holdings Ltd is an Asian retailer that operates in five segments: Food, Health and Beauty, Home Furnishings, Convenience, and Other Retailing. Food comprises grocery retail and convenience store businesses (including Yonghui, a grocery retailer in the Chinese mainland). Health and Beauty comprises the health and beauty businesses, Home Furnishings is the Group's IKEA business, and Other Retailing represents the department stores, specialty, and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) stores of the Group's Philippines associate, Robinsons Retail.

Walmart Chile SA is engaged in the operation of supermarkets. The company operates supermarkets under the brands lider, express lider, acuenta, ekono, central mayorista, and lider.cl. The firm also provides financial services which include offering financing to its customers through MasterCard and presto credit cards, requesting advances in cash, consumer loans, access to various products and services such as insurance, payment of accounts, and Real estate services which includes construction of new premises of the company and management of commercial premises that are part of company's supermarkets.

Colruyt Group NV is a retail group that operates in the areas of expertise Food, Health and Well-being, Non-Food and Energy, mainly in Belgium, but also in other countries, including France and Luxembourg. It operates a chain of supermarkets under the Colruyt brand, offering products at low prices through both physical outlets and webshops. The group is also active in the wholesale segment through Spar stores and the Solucious food service, among other initiatives. Its operating segments are: Food; Health and Well-being and Non-food; and Group activities, Real Estate and Energy. The majority of its revenue is generated from the Food segment, which offers a diverse range of food brands and sells directly to bulk and other consumers through its own stores and online channels (retail).

BBB Foods Inc is a company offering a grocery hard discount model in Mexico. Also that operates through three subsidiaries namely Tiendas Tres B, Tiendas BBB and Desarrolladora Tres BSA de CV of which the main activity of Tiendas Tres B is the sale, purchase, distribution and marketing of all types of products, items and goods, as well as the establishment, and operation of individual stores and distribution centers for the sale of such products.

Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings Inc is a retailer of closeout merchandise and excess inventory. The company sells name brand household related items that consumers use in their everyday lives at prices that are heavily discounted below traditional retailers. It offers customers a broad selection of brand name products, including housewares, bed and bath, food, floor coverings, health and beauty aids, books and stationery, toys, and electronics. It operates stores across the Eastern half of the United States. Its differentiated go-to-market plan is characterized by a fun and engaging treasure hunt shopping experience, compelling customer value proposition, and witty, humorous in-store signage and advertising campaigns.

Shufersal Ltd is a supermarket chain operator. The company is based in Israel and generates all revenue domestically. Shufersal has three operating segments: retail segment, real estate segment, and Be segment. The retail segment, which contributes the largest portion of revenue, operates neighborhood and regional food stores, a group of organic food stores, and engages in the marketing, manufacture, and sale of both frozen and fresh baked products. The real estate segment includes leasing of various commercial and other properties. The Be segment includes operation of drug stores that mainly sell cosmetics, convenience, and toiletry products. A vast majority of the company’s revenue is generated by the retail segment.

CCOOP Group Co Ltd is a China-based company engaged in operating retail department stores in China. It focuses on physical store operations, conducts store operations based on the model of joint ventures and leasing. The company operates three segments: the Supermarket Business segment, the Real Estate Business segment, and the Other Business segment.

Organizacion Soriana SAB de CV is a Mexican company with a multiformat strategy. Soriana offers a diverse range of products: food, clothing, healthcare, and basic services. The company operates self-service stores, warehouse clubs, and convenience stores. Store formats are diverse, from hypermarkets with 7,000-square-metre average sales floor area, as with Soriana Hiper; to stores offering low prices on basic commodities, as with Soriano Mercado; to stores offering high-quality products, as with Soriana Super.

Central Retail Corp PCL is a multi-format and multi-category retailing platform in Thailand. It is a pioneer in omnichannel retailing in Thailand, complementing its retail store network and merchandise offerings with positions among store-based retailers in online traffic. The company operates under a diverse slate of retail banners divided into three segments: Hardline, Food Products, and Fashion. The majority is generated from Food Products. Geographically, the majority of revenue is from Thailand.

Shinsegae Co Ltd is a Korea-based company engaged in the department store business. Through its department stores, the company provides various branded products, including HERMS, LOUIS VUITTON, TIFFANY & CO., BURBERRY, and Carlier. The company operates its department stores in various cities, including Centum City, Gangnam, Incheon, Gyeonggi, Masan,and others.

Sheng Siong Group Ltd is a Singapore-based company that is principally engaged in the retail business. The company operates through the Sheng Siong Groceries chain, with stores located across Singapore. The company offers "wet and dry" merchandise, including fresh and chilled goods (such as seafood, meat, and vegetables), processed, frozen, and preserved food products, and general merchandise (like toiletries and essential household products). The company has its own distribution network, food-processing facilities, and warehousing facilities. The Group operates in one segment, which relates to the provision of supermarket supplies and supermarket operations. The Group’s operations are mainly located in Singapore.

InRetail Peru Corp is a Peru-based company engaged in the development of retail businesses. The company's reportable segments include Food Retail; Pharmacies; Distribution; Shopping Malls, and Digital. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Food Retail segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Peru and also has a presence in Ecuador and Other countries. The company brands include Plaza Vea, Plaza Vea Super, Plaza Vea Express, Vivanda, Mass, and Makro brands.

Lotte Shopping Co Ltd is a Korean retailer with operations in Russia, China, Vietnam, and Indonesia. The company's portfolio consists of both offline and online channels in diverse business areas: retail, food, pharmaceuticals, tourism, real estate, finance and insurance, petrochemicals, chemicals, machinery, electronics, advertising, communications, manufacturing, logistics, and vehicle rental. Nonetheless, the group’s reportable segments are as follows: department stores (retail), discount stores (retail), its finance business, consumer electronics retail, convenience stores, and others.

PT Sumber Alfaria Trijaya Tbk is engaged in the business of retail distribution of consumer products in Indonesia. It operates through the Food and Non-Food Products segments. It offers food and non-food products such as cigarettes, rice, cooking oil, sugar, milk, personal and household care products. The company generates maximum revenue from the food segment. Its geographical segments are Jabodetabek, Java (Excluding Jabodetabek), and Excluding Java.

Lulu Retail Holdings PLC is a full-line retailer with stores in all GCC countries (pan-GCC retailer) by Selling Space, sales (retail sales value) and several stores. The Group operates retail stores under the LuLu brand in the UAE, the KSA, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain. The Group has a omnichannel presence in the form of (i) three formats of brick-and-mortar stores catering to various shopping occasions: hypermarkets (one-stop-shop) with an average selling area of approximately 9,200 square meters; express stores (everyday shopping) with an average selling area of 2,400 square meters; mini markets (grab and go) with an average selling area of 160 square meters, and (ii) e-commerce via the Group’s website and mobile application, supported by a partnership with Amazon in the UAE.

Woolworths Holdings Ltd is a southern hemisphere retail Group. Its current operations are conducted through its two operating subsidiaries. The segments involve: Fashion, Beauty and Home; Food; Logistics; Woolworths Financial Services; Country Road Group; and Treasury. It derives maximum revenue from Food Segment. Geographically, It operates iun South Africa, Australia and New Zealand and Rest of Africa.

Inverfal Peru SA invests and exploits real estate and commercial activities. The Company mainly maintains three differentiated business segments: Retail, Financial, Real estate and other services. The majority of its revenue is generated from the Retail segment which corresponds to the department stores of Saga Falabella S.A. and Saga Falabella Oriente S.A.C., to the supermarkets Hipermercados Tottus S.A. and Hipermercados Tottus Oriente S.A.C. and the home improvement stores Tiendas del Mejora del Hogar S.A. and Sodimac Peru Oriente S.A.C., located in Lima and provinces.

Migros Ticaret AS is a Turkey-based company that is principally engaged in the retail business. The company also operates in the business lines of online food retailing and ready meals,  payment and electronic money services, logistics services, media, shopping center management, and others.

Distribuidora Internacional De Alimentacion SA is a Spain-based company that retails the sale of food products at self-service stores, either owned or franchised. The company conducts business through self-owned stores and franchise stores. It operates stores in Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and Argentina. It generates the majority of its revenue from Spain.

Sendas Distribuidora SA is involved in the consumer goods business. Its cash and carry operations involve sales of items of grocery, food, perishable, beverage, wrapping, hygiene, and cleaning products, among others. Its customers include prepared food retailers (including restaurants, pizzerias, and snack bars), end-users (including schools, small businesses, religious institutions, hospitals, and hotels), conventional retailers such as grocery stores and neighborhood supermarkets, and individuals. Its stores are located throughout Brazilian states.

Arabian Centres Co is a Saudi Arabia-based company. The company owns, operates, and develops lifestyle centers. Its principal activities include the purchase of land for the construction of buildings, development, and investment by selling or renting and contracting works for residential and commercial buildings, including demolition, restoration, drilling, and maintenance work. The company also provides maintenance and operation of commercial centers, tourist resorts, hotels, and restaurants, as well as managing and operating temporary and permanent exhibitions, compounds and hospitals. It derives the vast majority of its revenue from rental income.

Hyundai Department Store Co Ltd is engaged in the department store business. The company operates approx 15 department stores in Apgujeong-dong, Gangnam-gu, and Cheonho-dong, Gangdong-gu, Seoul. The company also produces home shopping programs for cable channels and sells merchandise through home shopping programs. Through its department stores, the company provides upscale apparel, fashion goods, and accessories, home furnishings and foods, among others.