Newsweek and Statista have ranked the ten best retailers and best apparel retailers in the US.

Among retailers in general the sporting goods industry has a single representative in the top ten – Golf Galaxy (no. 7). The top five are:

  1. Cartier (jewelry)
  2. Tiffany & Co. (jewelry)
  3. Tory Burch (bags)
  4. Buc-ee’s (filling station / convenience stores)
  5. Lego (toys)

In the more extensive apparel lists, the top five retailers are:

  1. Tommy Bahama
  2. Uniqlo
  3. Zumiez
  4. American Eagle Outfitters
  5. Lands’ End

Uniqlo, we remind our readers, has athletic sponsorship deals with tennis players Roger Federer, Kei Nishikori, Shingo Kuneida and Gordon Reid, snowboarder Ayumu Hirano and golfer Adam Scott.

The top five retailers of athletic apparel in particular are:

  1. Asics
  2. Athleta
  3. Nike
  4. New Balance
  5. Under Armour

In the top five multibrand footwear retailers are Foot Locker (no. 3), DSW (4) and The Athlete’s Foot (5), while in the top five monobrand footwear retailers are Vans (3) and Converse (5).

The data for the ranking stem from an “independent survey” of people who had “made purchases, used services or gathered information about products or services in the past three years.” It covered retailers in 43 categories. The criteria were six: likelihood of customer recommendation, products, customer service, atmosphere, accessibility and shop layout.

More on US retail

As we’ve also learned from Newsweek, Capital One has pegged US retail sales for 2024 at $7.26 trillion, up 2.70 percent year-on-year, and projected worldwide retail sales for 2024 of $30.6 trillion, up 4.37 percent year-on-year. This would set the US share of (projected) worldwide retail sales at a bit less than a quarter (23.7%). Five years out, for 2030, Capital One is projecting US retail sales of $8.29 trillion.

For e-commerce in 2024 the US generated $1.34 trillion in sales and the world $6.01 trillion. For 2030 Capital One is expecting the US figure to rise to $2.55 trillion, the world’s figure to $8.91 trillion. 
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