Retail to tell

We're using the National Retail Association list, just for full disclosure

1 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. U.S. $485,651,000,000 Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore
2 Costco Wholesale Corporation U.S. $112,640,000,000 Cash & Carry/Warehouse Club
3 The Kroger Co. U.S. $108,465,000,000 Supermarket
4 Schwarz Unternehmenstreuhand KG Germany $102,694,000,000 Discount Store
5 Tesco PLC U.K. $99,713,000,000 Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore
6 Carrefour S.A.  France $98,497,000,000 Hypermarket/Supercenter/Superstore
7 Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG Germany $86,470,000,000 Discount Store 17
8 Metro Ag  Germany $85,570,000,000 Cash & Carry/Warehouse Club
9 The Home Depot Inc. U.S. $83,176,000,000 Home Improvement
10 Walgreen Co. (now Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.) U.S. $76,392,000,000 Drug Store/Pharmacy

Just how formidable is this? Well, Target and Amazon fall just outside the Top Ten.