| Wal-Mart |
Nation's
largest discount retailer and employer with more than 3,800 stores
including Wal-Mart and Sam's Club. |
| Target |
Nation's
second-largest discount retailer. The company operates 1,239
Target and 158 SuperTarget stores in 47 states. |
| Home Depot |
Nation's
largest home improvement retailer with 2,042 stores in all 50
states, Canada and Mexico. |
| Lowe's |
Nation's
second-largest home improvement retailer. Operates 1,234 stores
in 49 states. |
| JCPenney |
National
chain of department stores with 1,019 locations in the U.S. and
Puerto Rico. |
| Best Buy |
Nation's
leading electronics retailer with 742 stores in the U.S. and
44 in Canada. |
| Circuit City |
Nation's second-largest
electronics retailer. Operates 630 stores in the U.S. |
| Barnes & Noble |
Nation's
largest book retailer with 799 stores in all 50 states. |
| Borders |
National
book retailer. Operates 528 Borders book stores and 678 Waldenbooks
throughout the U.S. and worldwide. |
| Toys 'R' Us |
Leading
chain of toy stores with over 1,400 locations including Babies
R'Us. |
| K-Mart |
National
chain of discount stores. The company has 1,504 Kmart and Kmart
Super Center retail outlets in 49 states, Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands. Now merged with Sears. |
| Sears |
National chain of department
stores selling clothing and appliances. The company had 926 full-line
and 1,100 specialty stores in the U.S. and Canada. |
