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Top-ranking retailers
|
Company name |
Number of outlets |
Net sales 2007 in EUR (mln) |
|
Wal-Mart |
893 |
18,099 |
|
Comercial Mexicana (Costco) |
270 |
3,664 |
|
Soriana |
236 |
3,331 |
|
Fomento (Oxxo) |
4,847 |
3,252 |
|
Controladora |
635 |
2,964 |
|
Grupo Gigante |
270 |
2,853 |
|
Chedraui |
94 |
1,045 |
|
Casa Ley |
109 |
|
Wal-Mart’s constructing a store in Teotihuacan, one of Mexico’s main archaeological sites, demonstrates the massive impact of the US retailer on the Mexican market. Close to the ancient pyramids, near the site called by the Aztecs ‘The place where men became Gods’, a 71,902 squarefoot store with a 236-space car park is being built. A controversial addition to this historicallandscape.
Elsevier Food International, Vol. 7 Number 4, November 2004
Pascal Kuipers
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