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Australian favourite retail giants, Woolworths and Wesfarmers ( Coles Supermarkets), are now listed in the world’s top 25 retail companies list.
Top Australian Retailer in Global Rankings
The report brought out by research agency Deloitte , identifies the “250 largest retailers by revenue globally” for the fiscal year 2010, lists Woolworths in 20th (26th last year) and Wesfarmers in 23rd position (28th last year).
While the global downturn and economic slowdowns have seen many top retailers companies going down the list , The Australian retail companies both Woolworths and Wesfarmers both have jumped up by the list by six and five places respectively.
The global Retailers list
The top Global retailers rankings also included other top global retail companies like WALMART ( No .1 From USA ) , CAREFOUR S.A. ( No.2 – From France ), TESCO PLC ( No. 3 – From UK)
Among the top 30 were also other companies like Costo , Best Buy Co, Safeway , Ikea and Amazon. Brazil another rapidly growing economy has topped the “top 10 Latin Americas retailer list” with its “Grupo Pao De Acucar” taking the top honours.
So what is the big giants Woolworths and Wesfarmers made up of ?
Below is a listing of the different divisions and businesses that make up the two Goliath’s of australia
§ Retail – Coles, Bi-Lo, Liqourland, Coles express, Coles.com.au, First Choice Liquor, Vintage Cellars, Target, Target Country, K Mart, Kmart Tyre and Auto Services
§ Home Improvement – Bunnings, Bunnings Warehouse, Bunnings Trade
§ Office Supplies – Officeworks
§ Insurance – Lumley, WFi, Oamps, Crombie Lockwood
§ Resources – Urragh, Bengalla
§ Chemicals and Fertilisers – CSBP, QNP (Queensland Nitrates) and AGR (Australian Gold Reagents)
§ Gas/Energy – Kleenheat Gas, Evol LNG, Premier Power (electricity)
§ Industrial and Safety – Blackwoods, Protector Alsafe, Bullivants, Total fasteners, Coregas, Blackwoods Protector, Packaging House, Gotstock.com.au, Safety Source
§ Others, and stakes in – ModWood wood-plastic products, 50% stake each in Gresham Partners (Barminco, Silk Logistics Group and Tasmanian Walking Company) and Westpine Industries and a 24% stake in BWP warehouse retailing properties.
§ Retail – Woolworths Supermarkets, Woolworths Petrol, Big W, BWS, Dan Murphy’s, Wine market, Cellarmasters, Ezibuy, Countdown, Thomas Dux.
§ Home Improvement – Masters
§ Hospitality – ALH (Australia Leisure and Hospitality) group and its brands including Great Food Great Value, Live At Your Local, 28s, Function Venue Finder and Graziers beef.
§ Finance – Woolworths Money credit cards, Reloadable MasterCards and Gift cards.
§ Others – Woolworths Mobile, Langton’s
More details about the top global retailers can be got from the Deloitte website
Read and download the full report ‘Global Powers of Retailing 2011’ in PDF format.
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