Who is the biggest retailer? To find this out let's divide this up in groups like Fashion retailer, Music retail and Home improvement retailers. According to Bloomberg.com Home Depot is the world largest home-improvement chain.
"Home Depot, the world’s largest home-improvement chain, gained 9.6
percent as of Aug. 12 when adjusted for volatility, best among the 32
retail stocks in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Home Depot, based in Atlanta, is expected to generate sales of $77.6 billion this fiscal year ending Feb."
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-14/home-depot-is-best-retailer-on-housing-riskless-return.html
When looking into the fashion retail you will find that the company Zara is the largest fashion retailer.
Zara is one of the largest international fashion companies. It belongs to Inditex, one of the world’s largest distribution groups.
"When we open a market, everyone asks, ‘How many stores will you open?’It depends on the customer and how
big the demand is. We must have the dialogue with the customers and
learn from them. It’s not us saying you must have this. It’s you saying
it."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/magazine/how-zara-grew-into-the-worlds-largest-fashion-retailer.html?pagewanted=all
The music retailer iTunes has sold over four billion songs and features the world's largest music catalog of over six million songs. with second being Wal-Mart.
"We launched iTunes less than five years ago, and it has now become the number one music retailer in the world."
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/04/03iTunes-Store-Top-Music-Retailer-in-the-US.html
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