Sales in 2005 (billion $)

clothing and clothing accessories; 7%

sporting goods, hobby, book, music; 3%

General
store; 18%
health and personal
care; merchandise
7%
furniture, home furnishing,electronic appliances; 7%
Food and beverages; 18%
building materials and gardening equip; 11%

gasoline; 14%

food services and drinking places; 14

General merchandise store

Food and beverages

food services and drinking places

gasoline

building materials and gardening equip

furniture, home furnishing,electronic app

health and personal care

clothing and clothing accessories

sporting goods, hobby, book, music

By 2006
No. of stores worldwide
No. of employee worldwide
No. of employees in US
Only 500,000 employees outside US

6500
1.8 million
1.3 million

Employees in Logistics division

Truck drivers
No. of distribution centers
No. of cases processed per year
Avg. distance btwn distribution center and stores
Avg driving speed for trucks
time taken to cover the distance

75000
7800
114
5 billion
130 miles
65 miles
2 hours

on $)

music; 3%
dise store; 18%

7%
beverages; 18%

and drinking places; 14%

ges

rnishing,electronic appliances

hing accessories

Segment
general merchandise
Specialty Retailers
Department Store
Grocery Store

Competitors
Sears, Target
Gap , Limited
Dillard, Federated, JC Penney
Kroger, Albertsons,Safeway

Category
General merchandise store
Food and beverages
food services and drinking places
gasoline
building materials and gardening equip
furniture, home furnishing,electronic appliances
health and personal care
clothing and clothing accessories
sporting goods, hobby, book, music

Total retail sales in US

1989

Retailer
Wal-mart
Kmart
Sears
No. of suppliers

In 2005
Sales from Private label

Sales in 2005 (billion $)

525.7
519.3
396.6
388.3
327
211.7
208.4
201.7
81.9

Distribution cost as a %age of

cost of sales
1.70%
3.50%
5%
90000

20% of sales

Analysis

Category
General merchandise store
Food and beverages
food services and drinking places
gasoline
building materials and gardening equip
furniture, home furnishing,electronic appliance
health and personal care
clothing and clothing accessories
sporting goods, hobby, book, music

Sales in 2005 (billion $)

525.7
519.3
396.6
388.3
327
211.7
208.4
201.7
81.9

Sales in

spor

clothing and clothing accessories; 7%

health

furniture, home furni

building material

gas

General merchandise store

food services and drinking places

building materials and gardening
health and personal care

sporting goods, hobby, book, mus

Sales in 2005 (billion $)

sporting goods, hobby, book, music; 3%

othing accessories; 7%

General
merchandise
store; 18%
health and personal
care;
7%
furniture, home furnishing,electronic appliances; 7%
Food and beverages; 18%
building materials and gardening equip; 11%
gasoline; 14%

food services and drinking places; 14%

neral merchandise store

Food and beverages

d services and drinking places

gasoline

ding materials and gardening equip

furniture, home furnishing,electronic appliances

lth and personal care

clothing and clothing accessories

rting goods, hobby, book, music