Top Ten Retailers*

Staff

Thursday, August 27, 1998

1) Wal-Mart Earnings:

1997 $3.5 billion

1996 $3 billion

Percent change: +15.4

2) Sears, Roebuck Earnings:

1997 $1.1 billion

1996 $1.2 billion

Percent change: -6.5

3) Kmart Earnings:

1997 $249 million

1996 Lost $220 million

Percent change: -

4) JC Penney Earnings:

1997 $566 million

1996 $565 million

Percent change: +0.2

5) Dayton Hudson Earnings:

1997 $751 million

1996 $463 million

Percent change: +62.2

6) Kroger Earnings:

1997 $411 million

1996 $349 million

Percent change: +17.7

7) Home Depot Earnings:

1997 $1,1 billion

1996 $937 million

Percent change: +23.7

8) Safeway Earnings:

1997 $621 million

1996 $460 million

Percent change: +34.9

9) Costco Earnings:

1997 $312 million

1996 $248 million

Percent change: +25.5

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0) American Stores Earnings:

1997 $280 million

1996 $287 million

Percent change: -2.3

*1997 figures. Source: National Retail Federation

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