Discount & Variety Retail Industry

Discount & Variety Retail Company List

99 Cents Only Stores
Pass the buck, get a penny back. 99 Cents Only Stores sells closeout and regular general merchandise for 99 cents or less. With about 270 stores, the company sells name-brand and private-label food...more
AEON CO., LTD.
Japanese giant AEON CO. has enough retail ventures to last for eons. The core business of Japan's AEON Group, AEON CO. owns or franchises more than 5,100 stores worldwide. It is Japan's largest...more
AEON Stores (Hong Kong) Co., Limited
AEON Stores (Hong Kong) Co. focuses on providing places to shop and eat in Asia. A member of AEON CO., the retailer has about a half dozen GMS, 15 independent JUSCO...more
Groupe Auchan S.A.
Auchan's mammoth markets make room for more than meals. France's second-largest food retailer (behind Carrefour), Auchan operates about 495 hypermarkets (French for...more
Axel Johnson AB
Feeding the appetite of Scandinavia, Axel Johnson is one of the region's largest food importers and retailers. Through interests in affiliated units, the company operates discount and upscale...more
Axfood AB
Axfood gives the chilly Nordic region the Willys. The company is one of the largest food retailers in Sweden (behind ICA and Coop),...more
Big Lots, Inc.
Big Lots believes that a product's shelf life depends solely on which shelf it's on. The company is the nation's #1 broadline closeout retailer, with some 1,340 Big Lots stores (down from a high of...more
Blue Square - Israel Ltd.
Blue Square - Israel offers that small country the makings for three square meals a day. Israel's second-largest food retailer (behind Super-Sol), Blue Square operates...more
Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição
Carmen Miranda could have filled her fruity headdress at the 575 stores of Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição (CBD). Brazil's #1 grocer operates the Pão de Açúcar, CompreBem, and Sendas...more
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited
Don't be fooled by this company's modest name: Canadian Tire sells a lot more than tires. About 475 Canadian Tire general merchandise stores run by a network of associate dealers throughout Canada...more
Carrefour Polska
Carrefour Polksa is the Polish arm of the French retail giant Carrefour SA. Carrefour Polksa has about 350 stores, only about 75 of which are the large hypermarkets...more
Casino, Guichard-Perrachon
You won't hit the jackpot at Casino, Guichard-Perrachon, but odds are you'll go home with the groceries. One of France's leading food retailers, the company owns and operates more than 9,590...more
Charoen Pokphand Group Company Limited
If nibbling on a chicken wing while surfing the Net is your thing, Charoen Pokphand (CP Group) is the company for you. CP Group, Thailand's largest agriculture conglomerate, supplies seafood,...more
China Resources Enterprise, Limited
China Resources Enterprise is ditching oil for beer. Having divested its petroleum distribution business in mid-2007, the group is now focused on becoming the largest consumer company in mainland...more
Controladora Comercial Mexicana, S.A.B. de C.V.
Take a seasoned blend of Mexican food and general merchandise stores, sprinkle with some restaurants, and olé -- you have Controladora Comercial Mexicana (CCM), a leading retailer in Mexico in terms...more
Coop
Coop feeds Swiss shoppers' hunger for food, electronics, and more. The #2 Swiss retailer (after Migros), Coop produces and sells foods and nonfoods and operates about...more
Cost Plus, Inc.
Cost Plus adorns dining rooms and picnics with wicker, wine, and cheese. The retailer's 270 Cost Plus World Market and World Market stores sell furniture, rugs, baskets, ceramics, and other home...more
Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd.
Costco Wholesale, the #1 warehouse club operator in the US, is also #1 north of the border. Costco Wholesale Canada operates 75 membership warehouse clubs in nine Canadian provinces, far...more
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Wal-Mart isn't the biggest in every business. Costco Wholesale is the largest wholesale club operator in the US (ahead of Wal-Mart's SAM'S...more
Costco Wholesale UK Limited
Costco Wholesale UK Limited operates about 20 members-only warehouse clubs in England and Scotland. The company is owned by the #1 US wholesale club operator Costco...more

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