Retail & apparel companies, explained.

adidas designs sports and lifestyle footwear, apparel and accessories under one brand and sells them mostly through retail partners, plus its own stores and online.

ALDI SÜD is a family-owned discount grocer that sells a limited range, about 90% of it own brands in Germany, through simple stores in 11 countries.

Amazon sells products online and in stores, lets third-party sellers use its marketplace and delivery network, and rents cloud computing through AWS, with Prime, advertising and devices on top.

Amer Sports owns premium sports and outdoor brands, led by Arc'teryx, Salomon and Wilson, and sells through its own stores, e-commerce and wholesale partners.

Aramco is Saudi Arabia's state-controlled oil and gas company, producing crude oil and gas from the Kingdom's reserves and refining them, with chemicals and fuel retail through its own and affiliated plants.

ASICS makes running and sports shoes, apparel and equipment under the ASICS and Onitsuka Tiger brands and sells them through wholesale partners, its own stores and websites.

bp produces oil and gas, refines and trades them, and sells fuels, lubricants and convenience goods through retail sites and business customers, with smaller low carbon businesses.

Carvana sells used cars entirely online: it buys cars from consumers and auctions, reconditions them in its own centres, finances the purchase and delivers to the buyer’s door or a car vending machine, selling about 600,000 cars in 2025.

Costco runs membership warehouses and e-commerce sites that sell a limited range of branded and Kirkland Signature products at low prices, with annual membership fees making up most of its profit cushion.

Decathlon designs, makes and sells sports equipment for all levels under its own brands, through 1,902 stores and online in 82 countries and regions.

DHL Group is the German parent of DHL and Deutsche Post, moving urgent parcels, freight and e-commerce parcels worldwide, running warehouses for clients and delivering mail and parcels across Germany.

Dollarama is Canada's largest dollar-store chain, selling consumables, general merchandise and seasonal items at fixed low price points up to C$5 in about 1,700 company-operated stores, and it also owns The Reject Shop chain in Australia and a majority stake in the Latin American chain Dollarcity.

Dollar General runs nearly 21,000 small discount stores, mostly in U.S. towns of 20,000 people or fewer, selling everyday consumables and household basics, typically for $10 or less, close to where customers live.

Fast Retailing is the Japanese holding company behind UNIQLO, which designs, makes and sells its own everyday clothing (LifeWear) in about 3,500 stores and online, plus GU and smaller fashion brands.

HalfPrice is an off-price retailer selling discounted branded goods through stores and online.

H&M Group designs fashion, home and beauty under H&M, COS, Weekday, ARKET and other brands and sells it through about 4,100 stores and online in 81 markets.

Hôma is a specialty retail chain in Portugal focused on home products, décor, and practical home solutions.

HP makes PCs, printers and the ink and toner they use, sells mostly through resellers and retailers, and adds services and subscriptions such as Instant Ink.

IKEA is a franchise system: Inter IKEA owns the brand and supplies the range, while 13 franchisee groups, mainly Ingka, run the stores.

Inditex designs and sells fashion through eight brands led by Zara, mostly in its own stores and online.

JYSK is a Danish retailer selling affordable Scandinavian beds, furniture and home goods through about 3,600 own and franchise stores in 50 countries.

El Puerto de Liverpool is Mexico's largest department-store group: 125 Liverpool stores and 194 Suburbia stores, its own credit cards held by 8.4 million customers, 30 Galerías shopping centres, and since 2025 49.9% of the US chain Nordstrom.

Lowe’s is the world’s second-largest home improvement retailer, selling appliances, building products, tools and décor to homeowners and small contractors in about 1,760 U.S. stores and online, and since 2025 also supplies large builders through the FBM and ADG branch networks.

lululemon designs premium technical athletic apparel, mostly for yoga, running and training, and sells it through its own 800-plus stores and e-commerce sites in 30 countries.

Mango is a Barcelona fashion company that designs women’s, men’s, kids’, teen and home collections and sells them through about 2,900 own and franchised stores in over 120 markets and online.

Nike designs and sells athletic footwear, apparel and equipment under the NIKE, Jordan and Converse brands, making almost everything through independent contract manufacturers and selling to retailers and directly to consumers.

On designs premium Swiss-engineered running shoes, apparel and accessories, sold through retail partners and its own stores and online shop.

Pandora designs, crafts and sells affordable jewellery, best known for its charm bracelets, making it in its own workshops in Thailand and selling mostly through its own stores and web shops in more than 100 countries.

PDD runs Pinduoduo in China and Temu abroad, two shopping platforms where third-party merchants sell and pay PDD for marketing and completed sales.

Pop Mart creates collectible character toys such as LABUBU, MOLLY and SKULLPANDA with artists it signs, and sells them in blind boxes and plush through its own stores, vending machines, app and online shops in about 100 countries.

Procter & Gamble makes daily-use brands such as Tide, Pampers, Gillette, Crest and Olay in five categories and sells them in about 180 countries and territories, mostly through large retailers.

Puig is a Barcelona family-controlled premium beauty company that sells fragrances, make-up and skincare under brands such as Rabanne, Carolina Herrera, Jean Paul Gaultier and Charlotte Tilbury.

PUMA designs and sells sports footwear, apparel and accessories under the PUMA brand, buying from independent suppliers and selling about two thirds of its sales through retail partners and a third through its own stores and online.

Reliance is India's largest private company, refining oil into fuels and chemicals while running Jio's mobile network and India's biggest retail chain.

Ross Stores runs about 2,300 Ross Dress for Less and dd's DISCOUNTS stores across the U.S. that sell brand-name apparel, shoes and home goods bought late in the season at 20% to 70% below department-store prices, with no online store.

Schwarz Group is a private German group that runs Lidl and Kaufland stores and also owns the factories, recycling business and cloud that supply them.

SharkNinja designs Shark vacuums and Ninja kitchen appliances, has third parties make them in Asia, and sells them through retailers and online.

SHEIN sells fashion and lifestyle products online in about 160 markets, launching each style in small batches of 100 to 200 items made by contract manufacturers and restocking only what sells.

Target runs about 2,000 U.S. stores and digital channels that sell design-led owned brands and national brands at discount prices, using its stores to fulfil nearly all online orders and earning extra from ads, credit cards and membership.

The Home Depot is the world’s largest home improvement retailer, selling building materials, décor and hardware to homeowners and professionals in about 2,360 stores and online, and now also supplies roofers, landscapers and pool builders through its SRS distribution branches.

TJX runs more than 5,200 off-price stores, mainly TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, Winners and TK Maxx, that buy brand-name apparel and home goods opportunistically and sell them 20% to 60% below full-price retailers.

Walmart sells groceries and general merchandise at everyday low prices through more than 10,900 stores and clubs and its e-commerce sites, and increasingly earns from advertising, marketplace and memberships like Walmart+ and Sam's Club.

Walmex is Walmart's listed Mexican subsidiary and the country's largest retailer, running Bodega Aurrera discount stores, Walmart supercenters and Sam's Club warehouses across Mexico and Central America on an everyday-low-price model.

Williams-Sonoma owns nine home brands, led by Pottery Barn, West Elm and Williams Sonoma, that design their own furniture, cookware and décor and sell about two-thirds of it online, with about 500 stores acting as showrooms.

Zalando runs Europe's large fashion and lifestyle shopping apps (Zalando, ABOUT YOU, Lounge by Zalando) in 29 markets, selling its own stock and earning commissions from brands that sell through it, and rents out its logistics and software to other retailers through ZEOS.