\r\n\r\n| 1<\/td>\r\n | Walmart Stores<\/td>\r\n | Bentonville, Arkansas<\/td>\r\n | $343,624,000<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n |
\r\n| 2<\/td>\r\n | The Kroger Co.<\/td>\r\n | Cincinnati, Ohio<\/td>\r\n | $103,033,000<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n |
\r\n| 3<\/td>\r\n | Costco<\/td>\r\n | Issaquah, Washington<\/td>\r\n | $79,694,000<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n |
\r\n| 4<\/td>\r\n | The Home Depot<\/td>\r\n | Atlanta, Georgia<\/td>\r\n | $74,203,000<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n |
\r\n| 5<\/td>\r\n | Walgreen<\/td>\r\n | Deerfield, Illinois<\/td>\r\n | $72,671,000<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n |
\r\n| 6<\/td>\r\n | Target<\/td>\r\n | Minneapolis, Minnesota<\/td>\r\n | $72,618,000<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n |
\r\n| 7<\/td>\r\n | CVS Caremark<\/td>\r\n | Woonsocket, Rhode Island<\/td>\r\n | $67,974,000<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n |
\r\n| 8<\/td>\r\n | Lowe's Companies<\/td>\r\n | Mooresville, North Carolina<\/td>\r\n | $54,805,000<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n |
\r\n| 9<\/td>\r\n | Amazon.com<\/td>\r\n | Seattle, Washington<\/td>\r\n | $49,353,000<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n |
\r\n| 10<\/td>\r\n | Safeway<\/td>\r\n | Pleasanton, California<\/td>\r\n | $36,330,000<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nIn this section you'll learn more about the retail channel and the strategies that drive its growth.","rendered":"What you’ll learn to do: describe types of retailers and explain how they are used as a channel of distribution<\/h2>\nRetailing\u00a0is important for marketing students to understand for two main\u00a0reasons. 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\u00a03,793,621 retail establishments that support 42 million jobs. Retail also contributes $2.6 trillion to the U.S. gross domestic product. |