Top 100 US Retailers (Jul 2005)

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ASPECIALREPORT SPONSORED BYTRIVERSITY

THE NATION’S RETAILPOWER PLAYERS

2005

Even with retail’s return to a semblance of normalcy, there have been some extraor-dinary developments over the last 12 months:A renewed focus on department stores, as the two largest companies — FederatedDepartment Stores and May Department Stores — mergeinto one;Supermarkets learning to cope with Wal-Mart, but flum-moxed by the surge of natural/organic stores, limited as-sortment/low-price grocers and upscale specialty super-markets;Shakeout among drug stores after the dispersal sale of Eckerd, even as general merchandise retailers make morein-roads into the pharmacy business.The back-to-normal routine extends to the annualSTORES Top 100 Retailers survey where, despite someshuffling of a place or three, the 20 largest companies of

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hat a difference a year makes. Wal-Mart is everything itwas a year ago, only bigger, and much of the rhetoricand media attention has subsided. The retail industry has beenallowed to settle back into its insular world of supply chains,markdowns, LIFO, loss prevention and, to paraphraseMarshall Field, giving the lady what she wants.

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#78 LUXOTTICA#24 OFFICE DEPOT

STORES JULY 2005

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Triversity Inc. (www.triversity.com)is proud to continue its sponsor-ship of the annual Top 100 Retail-ers edition of STORES Magazine.As the authoritative ranking of thelargest U.S.-based retail compa-nies by annual revenues, the Top 100 isthe most widely recognized and respect-ed symbol of achievement for the nation’selite retailers. Triversity congratulatesthese retailers on their outstandingaccomplishments.Triversity is the fastest-growing inter-national provider of customer-centricretail solutions — solutions that focus onthe “sell side” of retailing. Our solutionsallow retailers to deliver a best-in-classcustomer experience across all channels,while helping them increase operatingefficiencies and profitability. I’m proud tonote that many of the Top 100 retailers areTriversity customers, and we appreciateour relationship with them.With its listing of headquarters, annualrevenues, earnings and store counts, theTriversity Top 100 is an invaluable guideto the best and brightest in the retailindustry. I know you will use it throughoutthe year as a ready reference.Congratulations to all!Best regards,David ThomasPresident & CEOTriversity Inc.

#12 AHOLD USA#8 LOWES#1 WAL-MART#20 FEDERATED DEPT.STORES#11 CVS

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