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The 250 biggest retailers worldwide generated sales totalling USD 5.11 trillion in the last fiscal year (July 2020 to June 2021), achieving sales growth of 5.2 per cent. This was revealed by Deloitte’s latest report, “Global Powers of Retailing”, which identifies the biggest-selling global retailers annually and analyses their business trend.
Of the home improvement store operators featuring in the Top 20, Home Depot was highest at number 5. The American DIY chain moved up from 7th place previously, recording sales of USD 132.110 bn in 2020, an increase of 19.9 per cent over the previous year. Lowe’s, also based in the USA, was ranked in 12th place. The home improvement store operator climbed three places in the list with sales in 2020 of USD 89.597 bn, equivalent to an increase of 24.2 per cent compared with the previous year. The Rewe Group of Germany is also making substantial progress, moving up one place from the previous year to number 18. In the period under review, the group increased its sales by 8.9 per cent, although sales by its DIY subsidiary only account for a part of Rewe’s overall sales.
Companies from the DIY and garden sector occupying the following slots include ITM of France at number 26 (+ 6, supermarkets and DIY stores), and Swiss companies Migros at 36 (+ 4) and Coop at 39th (+ 7), both of which operate primarily in food retailing and other specialist divisions. Following these is Groupe Adeo of France, which moved up 2 places to number 41. The British DIY chain Kingfisher rose to 63rd place (+ 5). Cencosud of Chile dropped five places to number 86.
Menards, another retailer in the home improvement sector, features at number 91 on the list (+ 10). The Sherwin-Williams Company fell one place to 104th. At number 109 is Canadian Tire, another supplier of DIY products (no change). Falabella of Chile is at number 112 (- 10). Obi’s parent company Tengelmann is currently at 117 (+ 4), while the Beisia Group of Japan is 119th (+ 9). Kesko of Finland dropped two places to number 132. Close behind it is Globus of Germany at 135 (+ 9, supermarkets and DIY stores). Ace Hardware of the United States occupies slot 150 (+ 41). The next German DIY store operator to feature in the ranking is Bauhaus at number 155 (+ 14), ahead of Hornbach in slot 183 (+ 30), which is the last of the home improvement retailers on the list.
Further concentration in retailing
The trend towards concentration in retailing continues. The ten most successful retailers alone contribute 34.6 per cent in all to the sales of the Top 250 with nearly USD 1.77 trillion. This is nearly two per cent more than in the previous year. Their sales growth has virtually tripled from 4.4 per cent to 12.4 per cent, whereas the growth of all companies analysed has risen from 4.4 per cent to just 5.2 per cent.
