2008 Top 100 US Retailers Ranked by Website Traffic

Published: January 28, 2009

Updated: August 9th, 2020

2008 Top-100-US retailers ranked by traffic

Below are the 2008 top 100 US retailers (stores.org) ranked based on their web traffic (according to Alexa.com, as of January 2009), some interesting facts:

some department stores (ex., Ross Stores) could very easily sell products online, but they prefer not to.
several website designs look like amateur work (Berkshire-Hathaway or Stater Bros.)
corporate websites for companies marked with * tend to have lower traffic values, which is normal
web sales values for a company ranking 10th can actually be higher than the one ranking 7th in the Traffic Rank

Retail Rank	Top 100 2008 Retailers	Alexa Rank	Traffic Rank
1	Wal-Mart	179	4
2	Home Depot	930	19
3	CVS Caremark	3898	35
4	Kroger	14758	52
5	Costco	884	17
6	Target	214	5
7	Walgreen	1524	25
8	Sears Holdings	684	14
9	Lowe’s	1030	20
10	SUPERVALU *	238000	85
11	Safeway	1135	21
12	Best Buy	229	6
13	Macy’s	526	10
14	Rite Aid	10198	48
15	Publix	16428	53
16	McDonald’s	6791	44
17	Ahold USA *	1008068	96
18	JCPenney	672	13
19	Staples	1396	23
20	TJX *	29064	56
21	Delhaize America *	3567283	98
22	Kohl’s	880	16
23	Gap	1541	26
24	Office Depot	1846	27
25	Amazon.com	31	1
26	Toys “R” Us	598	12
27	H.E.B.*	57891	66
28	Meijer	8538	46
29	7-Eleven	74246	72
30	PTC	37500	59
31	Alimentation CoucheTarde	603296	92
32	Circuit City	411	8
33	Yum Brands *	101176	76
34	Limited Brands	102859	77
35	Dollar General	42971	60
36	Starbucks	6004	41
37	OfficeMax	3460	33
38	BJ’s Wholesale Club	10418	49
39	Valero *	212262	82
40	Nordstrom	519	9
41	Army Air Force Exchange	20280	55
42	Giant Eagle	70483	70
43	QVC	1350	22
44	Dillard’s	4437	37
45	Menard	33275	57
46	Winn-Dixie	711866	94
47	GameStop	729	15
48	Bed Bath & Beyond	2551	30
49	Love’s	477891	90
50	The Pantry	1676298	97
51	Family Dollar	54886	65
52	Apple Stores/iTunes	68	2
53	Whole Foods Markets	11372	51
54	Trader Joe’s	34510	58
55	A&P	229124	83
56	Dell Retail	148	3
57	AutoZone	5169	38
58	Travel Centers of America	381898	89
59	Albertsons	10000000	99
60	Ross Stores	50560	64
61	Verizon Wireless	539	11
62	Hy-Vee	125834	79
63	Darden Restaurants *	58037	67
64	Blockbuster	1407	24
65	Foot Locker	4038	36
66	Barnes & Noble	927	18
67	Longs Drug Stores	80725	73
68	RaceTrac Petroleum	548082	91
69	Advance Auto Parts	16842	54
70	Casey’s General Stores	668167	93
71	Luxottica Retail	10000000	100
72	PetSmart	5552	39
73	Big Lots	6510	42
74	Save Mart	146000	80
75	Quik Trip	325000	88
76	Neiman Marcus Group	1979	28
77	Brinker International *	306401	87
78	Wegman’s	50537	63
79	RadioShack	2655	31
80	Dollar Tree Stores	68306	69
81	AT&T Wireless	332	7
82	Williams-Sonoma	7039	45
83	Roundy’s *	786506	95
84	Sheetz	299818	86
85	Dick’s Sporting Goods	3718	34
86	Michaels Stores	5837	40
87	Belks	10473	50
88	Borders Group	2417	29
89	Abercrombie & Fitch	72496	71
90	Stater Bros.	232297	84
91	Aldi	86410	74
92	The Bon-Ton Stores	44812	61
93	Raley’s	113075	78
94	Berkshire-Hathaway Retail	61795	68
95	Burlington Coat Factory	10160	47
96	Bass Pro Shops	6641	43
97	Wawa	154418	81
98	Harris Teeter	46964	62
99	Saks	3173	32
100	IACI Retail	87510	75

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