\n\n| 1<\/td>\n | Walmart Stores<\/td>\n | Bentonville, Arkansas<\/td>\n | $343,624,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| 2<\/td>\n | The Kroger Co.<\/td>\n | Cincinnati, Ohio<\/td>\n | $103,033,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| 3<\/td>\n | Costco<\/td>\n | Issaquah, Washington<\/td>\n | $79,694,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| 4<\/td>\n | The Home Depot<\/td>\n | Atlanta, Georgia<\/td>\n | $74,203,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| 5<\/td>\n | Walgreen<\/td>\n | Deerfield, Illinois<\/td>\n | $72,671,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| 6<\/td>\n | Target<\/td>\n | Minneapolis, Minnesota<\/td>\n | $72,618,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| 7<\/td>\n | CVS Caremark<\/td>\n | Woonsocket, Rhode Island<\/td>\n | $67,974,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| 8<\/td>\n | Lowe's Companies<\/td>\n | Mooresville, North Carolina<\/td>\n | $54,805,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| 9<\/td>\n | Amazon.com<\/td>\n | Seattle, Washington<\/td>\n | $49,353,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| 10<\/td>\n | Safeway<\/td>\n | Pleasanton, California<\/td>\n | $36,330,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nIn this section you'll learn more about the retail channel and the strategies that drive its growth.\nLearning Activities<\/h3>\n\n\t- Reading: Define Retailing<\/li>\n\t
- Reading: Types of Retailers<\/li>\n\t
- Reading: Retail Strategy<\/li>\n\t
- Self Check: Retailers As Channels of Distribution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","rendered":"
What you’ll learn to do: describe types of retailers and explain how they are used as a channel of distribution<\/h2>\nRetailing is important for marketing students to understand for two main reasons. First, most channel structures end with a retailer. While products may pass through a wholesaler or involve a broker or agent, they also include a retailer. Second, retail offers an immense number of job opportunities. Today in the U.S., there are 3,793,621 retail establishments that support 42 million jobs. Retail also contributes $2.6 trillion to the U.S. gross domestic product. |