Comments on: U.S. Retail Channel Trends Since 2001: Major Shifts & More Expected

By: John

John — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:44:50 +0000

So is this saying that there are only a few hundred toy stores in the US, including small independents? Seems very low.

By: Todd Hale

Todd Hale — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:45:41 +0000

For the retail channels with an asterisk (like Pet Stores, we only capture the big chains – not small independents). Hope that helps and thanks for reading Nielsen Wire!
– Todd Hale

By: Adam M.

Adam M. — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:59:27 +0000

Todd,

Are the numbers above only national chains, and not independent locations? For instance, Pet Stores is listed at 2,565 locations. PetSmart has around 1,000 I believe, with Petco at 850. However, other research I have seen shows they only control slightly more than 50% of the market, which would mean that the total # of pet stores should be over 3,500.

Thanks,
Adam

By: Nielsen Wire

Nielsen Wire — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:55:20 +0000

Howard: here are some additional figures for you:

Club store growth from end of 2006 to end of 2007: 33 stores versus 35 stores from 2007 to 2008 – I’ve seen announcements from BJs where they plan to open 8-9 new stores in 2009 (company web sites area good source for that information).

Supercenters store growth declined from 280 in 2007 to 215 in 2008 – both Target and Walmart announced reductions in expansion efforts in 2009 and 2010.

Dollar Stores increased growth from 266 stores in 2007 to 350 in 2008.

Hope that helps!

Todd Hale

By: Howard Simons

Howard Simons — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:20:35 +0000

I had a question about this data… is the cited growth in Warehouse Clubs, Supercenters and Dollar Stores based on a comparison of 2001 to 2008, or more recently (such as from end of 2007 to end of 08). In other words, are these categories showing growth NOW in the down environment? Thanks.