With Internet and e-commerce companies such as Amazon.com Inc AMZN 1.25%, Google Inc GOOG 2.69%GOOGL 2.93% and Netflix Inc NFLX 1.26% drawing more and more attention each earnings season, it’s easy to forget that many companies are still doing just fine selling goods and services the old fashioned way: retail stores. Here’s a list of the top 10 companies with the most productive U.S. retail stores, ranked by sales per square foot (according to Fortune).
10. Select Comfort Corp SCSS 10.6%- $1,023/sq ft
The bedding retailer operates 460 U.S. stores and is expecting to increase its store count by 6 percent by the end of 2015.
9. Costco Wholesale Corp COST 0.53%- $1,032/sq ft
While rival Wal-Mart Stores Inc WMT 0.89% dwarfs Costco in total revenue, Costco’s 468 stores (compared to Walmart’s 3,300 stores) are located in more affluent neighborhoods, making them much more productive in terms of revenue per square foot.
8. Tumi Holdings Inc TUMI 5.01%- $1,034/sq ft
The upscale travel company is coming on strong, projecting low double-digit sales growth in 2015.
7. Signet Jewelers Ltd SIG 0.17%- $1,035/sq ft
Signet operates…
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