Sections
| Title | Starting Page | Number of Pages |
|---|
| CONTENTS | 9 | 2 |
| Glossary | 11 | 13 |
| INTRODUCTION | 24 | 2 |
| HOW TO USE THIS BOOK | 26 | 4 |
| Chapter 1 | 30 | 31 |
| Introduction to the Retail Industry | 30 | 3 |
| Wal-Mart Dominates as the World s Biggest Retailer (and now America s Biggest Grocer) | 33 | 1 |
| Department Stores Have Evolved into Giant Apparel, Cosmetics and Accessories Stores/Outlet Stores Proliferate | 34 | 3 |
| Discounting and Discount Stores Evolve | 37 | 1 |
| Private Label Brands Boom | 37 | 1 |
| Sophistication and Success for Direct Marketers and Non-Store Sales | 38 | 3 |
| Rise of Showcase Stores and Super-Merchandisers | 41 | 2 |
| For the Long Term in the U.S, a Decline in Consumer Spending and Debt, along with an Increase in Saving | 43 | 1 |
| Bricks, Clicks and Catalogs Create Synergies While Online Sales Growth Slows | 44 | 1 |
| Location Based Advertising and Mobile Advertising on Cellphones Grow Quickly | 45 | 2 |
| Retail Technologies Leap Ahead | 47 | 1 |
| RFID Drives Inventory Management Evolution | 48 | 2 |
| Self Service Retail and Travel Technologies Take Off | 50 | 2 |
| Retailers Eye Expanding Middle Class, Move Into Emerging Markets, Including China, India and Brazil | 52 | 1 |
| Lifestyle Centers and Super-Regional Malls Falter/Mall Glut Anticipated | 53 | 2 |
| Entertainment-Based Retailing, including Power Towns | 55 | 1 |
| Shopping Center Tenants Face Slow Sales/Store Closings Force Landlords to Become Creative | 56 | 1 |
| Malls Morph to Stay Afloat | 57 | 1 |
| Luxury Item Sales Rebound | 57 | 1 |
| LOHAS- Socially Conscious Consumers Create Challenges and Opportunities for Advertisers and Marketers | 58 | 1 |
| How to Interpret Reports of Retail Sales | 59 | 2 |
| Chapter 2 | 61 | 21 |
| U.S. Retail Industry Overview | 62 | 1 |
| Annual Consumer Price Index, 1915-2010 | 63 | 1 |
| Exports, General Imports &Trade Balance in Goods, U.S.: 1981-2nd Quarter 2010 | 64 | 1 |
| Types of U.S. Shopping Centers | 65 | 1 |
| Total U.S. Retail Sales &Annual Percent Change: 1992-2010 | 66 | 1 |
| U.S. Retail Trade Corporation Statistics, Q2 2010 | 67 | 1 |
| Total Estimates of Annual Sales of Merchant Wholesalers: 2003-2009 | 68 | 1 |
| Total Monthly Sales and Inventories of Merchant Wholesalers: Monthly, through August 2010 | 69 | 2 |
| Retail &Food Services Sales by Kind of Business, U.S.: Monthly, through September 2010 | 71 | 2 |
| Retail &Food Services Sales by Kind of Business, U.S.: 2004-September 2010 | 73 | 2 |
| Estimated Quarterly U.S. Retail Sales, Total &E-Commerce: 1st Quarter 2002-3rd Quarter 2010 | 75 | 1 |
| Total U.S. Disposable Income, Expenditures &Gross Domestic &National Product Per Capita: 1960-2010 | 76 | 1 |
| Average Annual U.S. Household Expenditures: 2004-2009 | 77 | 1 |
| Distribution of Total U.S. Annual Household Expenditures, by Major Category: 2009 | 78 | 1 |
| Top 10 Retail Websites, U.S.: November 13, 2010 | 79 | 1 |
| Resident Population Estimates by Age, U.S.: 2003-2009 | 80 | 1 |
| Employment in the Retail Industry, U.S.: 2004-September 2010 | 81 | 1 |
| Chapter 3 | 82 | 29 |
| Chapter 4 | 111 | 43 |
| INDUSTRY LIST, WITH CODES | 112 | 2 |
| INDEX OF RANKINGS WITHIN INDUSTRY GROUPS | 114 | 12 |
| ALPHABETICAL INDEX | 126 | 4 |
| INDEX OF U.S. HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY STATE | 130 | 5 |
| INDEX OF NON-U.S. HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY COUNTRY | 135 | 1 |
| INDEX BY REGIONS OF THE U.S. WHERE THE FIRMS HAVE LOCATIONS | 136 | 15 |
| INDEX OF FIRMS WITH INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS | 151 | 3 |
| Individual Profiles On Each Of THE RETAIL 500 | 154 | 477 |
| ADDITIONAL INDEXES | 631 | 33 |
| INDEX OF FIRMS NOTED AS HOT SPOTS FOR ADVANCEMENT FOR WOMEN &MINORITIES | 632 | 2 |
| INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS | 634 | 30 |
