Charlotte-area companies among top retailers
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009Five companies based in the Charlotte region are included in Stores magazines Top 100 Retailers List, which is based on 2007 revenue.
Lowes Cos. Inc. (NYSE:LOW) ranks No. 9, with sales of $48.3 billion last year.
Supermarket owner Delhaize America Inc. of Salisbury ranks No. 21, with sales of $18.2 billion. The company, owned by Delhaize Group (NYSE:DEG) of Belgium, operates the Food Lion and Hannaford Bros. Co. supermarket chains.
Discount retailer Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE:FDO) of Matthews is No. 51, with revenue of $6.8 billion.
Charlotte-based Belk Inc. ranks No. 87, with sales of $3.8 billion.
And Harris Teeter Inc. ranks No. 98, with sales of $3.3 billion last year. The supermarket chain is a subsidiary of Ruddick Corp. (NYSE:RDK) of Charlotte.
Arkansas-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) tops the list with 2007 sales of $378.8 billion.
Stores magazine is a publication of Stores Media, the communications group of the National Retail Federation. The organization is the world’s largest retail trade association.
Story taken from Charlotte Business Journal at the following link:
http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2008/06/30/daily14.html
