This statistic shows the share of Walmart and Walmart Supercenter customers in the United States as of 2016, sorted by income. As of 2016, it was found that **** percent of Walmart and Walmart Supercenter shoppers had an income of between ****** and ****** U.S. dollars.

In fiscal year 2024, there were approximately 255 million customer visits each week to Walmart stores throughout the world, up from 240 million on a weekly average a year earlier. Walmart Walmart was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton when he and his brother James “Bud” Walton opened the first Wal-Mart Discount City in Rogers, Arkansas. Since then, Walmart has grown to become the largest publicly-owned retail company in the world. In 2024, the retailer reached around 648 billion U.S. dollars in revenues, and about 643 billion in net sales. Store count Walmart had a total of 10,616 retail stores throughout the world as of January 31, 2024. The company also operated 368 distribution facilities. In total Walmart operated 10,984 stores. Compared to 2021, there was a significant drop in the number of stores due to the fact that in the first quarter of fiscal 2022, the company terminated its operations in the United Kingdom and Japan. In the U.S. alone the company totaled 4,615 locations, of which 3,560 were supercenter stores and 695 were neighborhood markets.

This statistic shows the share of Walmart and Walmart Supercenter customers in the United States as of 2016, sorted by age. As of 2016, it was found that **** percent of Walmart and Walmart Supercenter shoppers were aged between 45 and 54.

Customer satisfaction with Walmart was lower than the national average for supermarkets in the United States in 2024. Walmart recorded an index score of **, which was five index points below the average supermarket rating of **. The index score is based on a 100-point scale. The highest-ranking supermarket in that year was the trio of H-E-B, Costco and Publix, with a score of ** each. Walmart origins Walmart, formerly known as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., is the world’s largest retail company, with total global revenue amounting to *** billion U.S. dollars in fiscal year ended January, 2024. The first Walmart store was opened in Rogers, Arkansas by Sam Walton in 1962. The company went public in 1970 as it continued to expand. With store growth came new store formats – the first Sam’s Club membership-only warehouse retailer opened in 1983 and the first Walmart Supercenter in 1988. The company went on to expand into Central and South America, Canada, China, South Africa and the United Kingdom. In 2023, there were over 10,000 Walmart stores worldwide.

Walmart topped the ranking of shopping apps with the most active monthly users in the United States in 2021, with an average of *** million users accessing the app each month. Second place went to Amazon's app, with a monthly mobile audience of ** million.

Mobile shopping in the U.S. Shopping via mobile devices has become increasingly common among the online population in the United States. In 2022, U.S. mobile retail sales are estimated at over *** billion U.S. dollars, nearly double the amount reached in 2019. While desktop remained the dominant device type regarding average order value, spending on mobile phones was not far behind. However, mobile apps have become the leading channel for online grocery shopping in the U.S., with nearly ** percent of shoppers making such purchases through this medium in 2021.

App exposure With more than ** million downloads, Amazon Shopping was the most downloaded shopping app on the U.S. Apple App Store in 2021. Online shopping assistant app 'Shop' took the lead on the Google Play Store with over ** million downloads. Still, Walmart Shopping & Grocery and Amazon Shopping remained the leading shopping apps overall in the country, boasting over ** billion registered user sessions each, far above other top apps within this category.

In the third quarter of 2021, Walmart had a loyalty score of ****, making Walmart the retailer with the most loyal customers in the United States. Between July and September of that year, the average loyalty score for all retailers stood at ****.

Over the five years to 2024, online home furnishing sales have experienced considerable growth, driven by pivotal trends and market dynamics. The rapid acceleration of online shopping, particularly triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, led to a notable surge in online sales as consumers focused on enhancing their living spaces during lockdowns. With physical retail locations operating at limited capacities or closed entirely, demand for home furnishings through digital channels increased significantly. Generational shifts have also played a crucial role, with Millennials and Gen Z driving sales due to their comfort with digital platforms and preference for convenience and customization. Intensifying competition has pushed retailers to innovate with unique product offerings, superior customer service and eco-friendly practices, contributing to industry revenue growing at a CAGR of 9.4% reaching $15.5 billion over the five years to 2024, including an anticipated 0.6% bump in the final year. In this period of expansion, profitability faces substantial challenges due to rising competition. The influx of new entrants, both startups and traditional retailers pivoting to digital, has heightened competitive pressure, leading to price-based strategies that may compress profit. To maintain profitability, online home furnishing retailers emphasize differentiation strategies, such as personalized product offerings and sustainability initiatives. These strategies address evolving consumer preferences and enable companies to stand out in a densely populated market. Achieving operational efficiencies and maintaining stringent cost management will be key for companies to sustain profit levels amid these competitive dynamics. Looking ahead to the five years to 2029, online home furnishing sales are expected to sustain growth, though at a moderated pace. The convenience and diverse offerings of online shopping will continue to drive revenue opportunities, enticing both new and established players. However, this growth will further exacerbate competitive pressures, necessitating ongoing innovation and adaptation to evolving consumer expectations. Trends in personalization and sustainability present distinct opportunities for differentiation, allowing companies to leverage these shifts in consumer priorities. Despite the challenges, industry revenue is projected to grow at a CAGR of 6.2%, reaching $20.9 billion over the five years to 2029, as businesses strategically position themselves to capture and expand market share in a dynamic landscape.

In 2023, on Cyber Monday in the United States, shoppers had the highest order values when making purchases from Shein and Walmart at ** U.S. dollars. Target came next, with an AOV of ** dollars, followed by Amazon with ** dollars and Temu with ** dollars.

Walmart and Amazon shoppers, according to a 2023 survey, are among the oldest compared to beauty shoppers at other stores in the United States. Walmart and Amazon shoppers were, on average, ** years old. Meanwhile, Target consumers were, on average, ** years old.

In 2025, Walmart recorded an index score of **, **** index points below the average department and discount score rating of **. The index score is based on a 100-point scale. Walmart, the world's biggest retailer by sales, operated over ***** stores in the United States, of which nearly *** were neighborhood markets. Walmart’s brand value Walmart is one of the most valuable brands in the world. In 2024, however, Walmart’s brand value decreased for the first time in five years. Although the corporation’s global revenue has been increasing every year, Walmart’s brand profile in the United States reflects higher levels of brand awareness than popularity, loyalty, and buzz – each important elements of a brand’s continued success. Sam’s Club as a silver lining Walmart may have had a below-average customer satisfaction score, but another of the corporation’s brands scored highest on the consumer satisfaction index for department and discount stores in the United States. Sam’s Club, Walmart’s membership-only warehouse club outperformed its main competitor, Costco, in 2024.

The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) score of the e-commerce website of Amazon.com has fluctuated since 2000. In 2024, the customer satisfaction score of the online retailer was 83 out of 100 ASCI points. Popularity contest Amazon is one of the most popular marketplaces worldwide. In April 2023, the U.S. domain for Amazon ranked the most visited e-commerce and shopping website by share of online visits, with around 13 percent. Ebay came in second with roughly three percent of the visit share, and the Japanese site amazon.co.jp came in third with 2.66 percent. In the same month, global online shoppers visited amazon.com around 2.2 billion times. Why Amazon? Amazon.com is the most used e-commerce website in the world, and in the U.S., the website is far ahead of its competitors. With a significant difference in website visitors of almost 45 percent, ebay.com is second to amazon.com. Furthermore, the retail giant Walmart trails behind with an online visit share of roughly six percent. Amazon is used for various reasons by its customers. For example, the online marketplace is ranked as the leading platform for product research in the U.S., surpassing even search engines in popularity. Low shipping costs, fast deliveries, and affordable product prices are the main reasons for shopping on Amazon.

In 2023, e-commerce comprised over 15.6 percent of total retail sales in the United States. Forecasts suggest that this proportion will continue to rise steadily in the coming years, reaching approximately 20.6 percent by 2027. Fashion fever The digital revolution has significantly changed how retail is done, impacting a wide range of product categories. Out of all e-commerce product categories, apparel and accessories are the most purchased online in the United States. As of February 2023, roughly 18 percent of all fashion retail sales took place online. Furniture and home furnishing, as well as computer and consumer electronics, ranked second, with over 15 percent of each product category purchased via the internet. The product categories that are least purchased online are office equipment and supplies (1.4 percent) and books, music, and video (5.1 percent). Shopping hotspots Amazon dominates the e-commerce industry in the United States, though other competitors still have significant market share. In December 2023, amazon.com was the most-visited e-commerce and shopping site in the United States. That month, around 45 percent of all visits to e-commerce sites were made to Amazon. Other popular shopping sites include ebay.com, walmart.com, etsy.com, and target.com. The staggering proportion of online retail sales in the country attributed to Amazon is quite remarkable. In 2023, Amazon's website accounted for almost half of all online computer and consumer electronics sales. Similarly, nearly one-third of online fashion purchases in the country were made on Amazon.

In the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, Walmart's global net sales amounted to 642.6 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of approximately six percent in comparison to a year earlier.

Walmart Walmart was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton when he and his brother James “Bud” Walton opened the first Wal-Mart Discount City in Rogers, Arkansas. Since then, Walmart has grown to become the largest publicly-owned retail company in the world. In the United States, the company includes Walmart discount stores, supercenters, neighborhood markets, and Sam’s Club warehouse membership clubs. The company also has many international operations. Walmart is considered a variety store which focuses on low prices featuring apparel as well as hard goods, and has been committed to upholding their basic value of customer service. Beginning in the early 1990s, Walmart went to great lengths to increase their market share. They introduced a full line of groceries into their stores, diversified their market by appealing to certain ethnic groups through bilingual advertisements, and took steps to promote the awareness of environmental issues.As of 2024, Walmart operated 10,616 stores worldwide; with 4,615 of those stores located in the United States alone.

Maldives Google Search Trends: Online Shopping: Walmart data was reported at 0.000 Score in 14 May 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 Score for 13 May 2025. Maldives Google Search Trends: Online Shopping: Walmart data is updated daily, averaging 0.000 Score from Dec 2021 (Median) to 14 May 2025, with 1261 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20.000 Score in 12 Jun 2022 and a record low of 0.000 Score in 14 May 2025. Maldives Google Search Trends: Online Shopping: Walmart data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Google Trends. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Maldives – Table MV.Google.GT: Google Search Trends: by Categories.

According to a survey carried out by ProdegeMR in Canada in October 2019, Shoppers Drug Mart was the most popular store for personal care and beauty shopping – over ** percent of respondents stated that they usually shop there for such products. Almost one quarter of respondents said the same for Walmart.

Shoppers Drug Mart

Shoppers Drug Mart is the drugstore division of Loblaw’s, a large Canadian food retailer, which first opened as a self-serve grocery store opened in Toronto in 1919. By 1924, they had expanded into New York State, and later into Chicago in 1928. Today, Loblaws employs almost ******* workers in Canada and operates five independent divisions. In 2018, Shoppers Drug Mart generated retail sales of around ***** million Canadian dollars, made up almost equally of pharmacy and front store sales.

Personal care shopping behavior

The average household in Canada spent *** Canadian dollars on personal care products in 2017. When shopping for personal care products, the leading reasons for choosing a specific store include loyalty programs, closeness to home and the offer of a quick and easy shopping experience.

In 2024, Amazon was the online marketplace with the highest gross merchandise value in the United States, amounting to approximately *** billion U.S. dollars. It was followed by Walmart, with a GMV of roughly *** billion U.S. dollars. Amazon: the U.S.’s clear favorite While Amazon might not be the leading online marketplace worldwide, it is the front-runner in the United States. As of April 2023, Amazon dominated the list of leading online marketplaces in the U.S. based on number of monthly visits, with over *** billion website visitors. Regarding the market share of leading retail e-commerce companies, Amazon was also in the lead with over ** percent difference from the next competitor, Walmart. Even when it comes to holiday shopping, consumers favor Amazon. Nearly ** percent of consumers stated that they prefer the online marketplace for their holiday shopping needs over other websites. A prime day for shopping Consumer purchasing behavior often relies on shopping events that occur throughout the year. Amazon incurs the largest increase of sales during Black Friday, which is followed by Prime Day, an event exclusively for Amazons’ Prime members. Consumers often plan their shopping around this event, due to the deals offered to Prime members. In 2023, most shoppers planned on purchasing electronics, at almost ** percent of consumers. The most purchased items on Prime Day, however, fell into the category of home goods, with around ** percent of shoppers, and only around ** percent of shoppers purchased electronics. In general, the average value of Prime Day orders was worth up to ** U.S. dollars, with ** percent of orders.

In 2024, global retail e-commerce sales reached an estimated ************ U.S. dollars. Projections indicate a ** percent growth in this figure over the coming years, with expectations to come close to ************** dollars by 2028. World players Among the key players on the world stage, the American marketplace giant Amazon holds the title of the largest e-commerce player globally, with a gross merchandise value of nearly *********** U.S. dollars in 2024. Amazon was also the most valuable retail brand globally, followed by mostly American competitors such as Walmart and the Home Depot. Leading e-tailing regions E-commerce is a dormant channel globally, but nowhere has it been as successful as in Asia. In 2024, the e-commerce revenue in that continent alone was measured at nearly ************ U.S. dollars, outperforming the Americas and Europe. That year, the up-and-coming e-commerce markets also centered around Asia. The Philippines and India stood out as the swiftest-growing e-commerce markets based on online sales, anticipating a growth rate surpassing ** percent.

This statistic depicts the sales of the leading retailers in the United States in 2023. Walmart was the leading retailer in the United States with about 635 billion U.S. dollars worth of sales that year.

In the financial year 2024, 22.36 percent of Target Corporation's merchandise sales corresponded to the food and beverage segment. Meanwhile, household essentials represented 17.47 percent of the total merchandise sales. Merchandise sales represent the vast majority of Target's revenues. The company also has other streams of revenue, including credit card profit-sharing income from their arrangement with the TD Bank Group. Beauty at Target In a 2024 survey among Generation Z in the United States, 10 percent of teenage girls named Target as a shopping destination they visited to buy beauty products. This may not sound high, but it earned Target third place of all shops in the country, ahead of other major retailers Walmart and Amazon. It was, however, a considerable distance behind the two most popular destinations, specialist beauty brands Sephora and Ulta. These findings are reflected in a different study of the same retailers, with Target having the third lowest average age of female beauty consumers, at 44 years old. Gen Z clothing purchases There is also a large Generation Z market available to Target in the clothing category. In 2023, Gen Z consumers voted big box stores, such as Target and Walmart, as the second most popular shopping destination for apparel, with 16 percent of responses. This was only one percentage point behind online stores.

By the end of 2024, total retail sales reached approximately **** trillion U.S. dollars, around a quarter of a billion U.S. dollar increase from the year before. Retail sales have steadily increased since 2009, as the economy recovered from the downward trend due to the recession following the 2007-2008 financial crisis, and most recently from the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. The United States as retail powerhouse The United States is home to many of the leading retail companies in the world, including Walmart, Costco, and Amazon. Amazon, in particular, has seen extreme levels of growth in revenue in tandem with the increase of e-commerce globally. The rise of e-commerce and mobile shopping E-commerce is responsible for a growing percentage of total retail sales, partially due to a surge in mobile shopping, with customers increasingly using their mobile devices for various online shopping activities. Smartphones accounted for more retail website visits than desktops or tablets, and matched desktops in generating online shopping orders.