| Rank | Retailer Name, Country | Retail Sales (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., USA | 344.992B |
| 2. | Carrefour, France | 97.861B |
| 3. | Home Depot, Inc., USA | 90.937B |
| 4. | Tesco Plc, UK | 79.976B |
| 5. | METRO AG., Germany | 74.857B |
| 6. | Kroger Co., USA | 66.111B |
| 7. | Target Corp., USA | 59.490B |
| 8. | Costco Wholesale | 58.963B |
| 9. | Sears Holdings, USA | 53.012B |
| 10. | Schwarz Unternehmens Treuhand KG, Germany |
52.422B |
2006 Financial year.
You may want to use this list to decide which to avoid.
Source: Stores magazine, 2008 Global Powers of Retailing
That's impressive. Walmart is roughly the same size as the next 4 largest retailers combined and it would be the 26 largest economy in the world.