Hot 100 Retailers 2007
09/05/2007

The Hot 100 Retailers 2007

The August 2007 edition of NRF Stores featured the banner article “Hot 100 Retailers: The Nation’s Hottest Retailers of 2007�. Alliance Data sponsored this year’s rankings.

The Hot 100 Retailers is the definitive annual ranking of the fastest-growing retail chains. To be included in the elite ranking indicates that the retailer is a U.S.-based retail company, had $100 million or more in revenues, is publicly held, and had one of the highest increases in year-over-year revenues as of the end of their most recently-completed fiscal years.

For the first time, this year’s list includes restaurants - reflecting their increasing ties to traditional retailing.

Hot 100 Retailers by % revenue increase from 2005-2006
Rank	Company	Revenues 2006	Change from 2005	Earnings 2006	Change from 2005	No. of Stores
1	The Bon-Ton Stores	$3,455,810	164.29%	$46,883	80.20%	280
2	GameStop	$5,318,900	72.03%	$158,250	57	4,778
3	Triarc	$1,243,278	70.94%	-$11,329	N.A.	3,600
4	Zumiez	$298,177	45.04%	$20,856	62.3	238
5	The Pantry	$5,961,702	34.60%	$89,198	54.3	1,493
6	BJ"s Restaurants	$238,900	34.21%	$9,800	18.1	55
7	Coldwater Creek	$1,054,611	33.80%	$55,372	18.4	239
8	Charlotte Russe	$681,504	33.30%	$25,138	132.7	387
9	Buffalo Wild Wings	$278,183	32.66%	$16,273	83.3	429
10	Citi Trends	$381,918	31.79%	$21,351	50.4	277
11	Chipotle Mexican Grill	$822,930	31.10%	$41,423	9.9	578
12	Texas Roadhouse	$597,131	30.16%	$34,009	12.2	251
13	Dress Barn	$1,300,277	29.99%	$78,954	50.2	1,347
14	Panera Bread	$828,971	29.47%	$58,849	12.8	1,027
15	Ruth"s Chris Steak House	$271,479	28.16%	$23,790	117.6	100
16	MarineMax	$1,213,541	28.10%	$39,382	16.4	88
17	Shoe Pavilion	$131,305	28.07%	$1,865	-30	108
18	Red Robin Gourmet Burgers	$618,721	27.30%	$29,362	7.2	347
19	Amazon.com	$10,711,000	26.16%	$190,000	-47.1	0
20	Blue Nile	$251,587	23.83%	$13,064	-0.7	0
21	Talbots	$2,231,033	23.36%	$31,576	-66.10%	1,368
22	Restoration Hardware	$712,810	22.55%	$3,252	N.A.	103
23	Starbucks	$7,786,942	22.26%	$564,259	14.1	12,440
24	Big Dog Holdings	$218,604	22.05%	$971	-79.4	306
25	Brookstone	$511,914	21.71%	$1,631	N.A.	306
26	The Children"s Place	$2,017,713	20.91%	$84,566	29	1,193
27	J.Crew	$1,152,100	20.87%	$71,641	N.A.	229
28	Federated Dept. Stores	$26,970,000	20.46%	$995,000	-29.2	1,360
29	American Eagle Outfitters	$2,794,409	20.35%	$387,359	31.7	906
30	Susser Holdings	$2,265,159	19.45%	$45,225	-16.9	325
31	Whole Foods Market	$5,607,376	19.27%	$203,828	49.5	188
32	Abercrombie & Fitch	$3,318,158	19.16%	$422,156	26.4	944
33	TransWorld Entertainment	$1,471,200	18.79%	$10,200	1,600.00	992
34	PriceSmart	$734,673	18.72%	$11,858	N.A.	23
35	Dick"s Sporting Goods	$3,114,162	18.64%	$112,611	54.3	359
36	Gymboree	$791,638	18.60%	$60,250	78.9	706
37	CVS	$43,813,800	18.40%	$1,354,800	11.9	6,200
38	RubyTuesday	$1,306,240	17.65%	$100,977	-1.3	833
39	Jos. A. Bank	$546,385	17.60%	$43,222	22.6	382
40	Rare Hospitality	$986,914	17.59%	$39,371	-23.7	333
41	Travel Centers of America	$4,783,514	17.38%	$31,033	N.A.	164
42	Aeropostale	$1,413,208	17.34%	$106,647	27.00%	742
43	Chico"s FAS	$1,646,482	17.22%	$166,636	-14.1	925
44	Dollar Tree Stores	$3,969,400	16.96%	$192,000	10.4	3,219
45	Tween Brands	$883,683	16.59%	$64,821	19	724
46	1-800-Flowers	$781,741	16.56%	$3,187	-59.4	100
47	Best Buy	$35,934,000	16.49%	$1,377,000	20.8	1,170
48	Petro Stopping Centers	$2,147,118	16.47%	$20,557	27.6	67
49	Hibbett Sports	$512,094	16.31%	$38,073	13.2	613
50	Kohl"s	$15,544,200	15.98%	$1,108,700	31.7	817
51	P.F. Chang"s	$937,606	15.88%	$33,253	-12	260
52	California Pizza Kitchen	$554,601	15.64%	$21,000	7.7	205
53	Stage Stores	$1,550,180	15.33%	$55,302	-1	655
54	Casey"s General Stores	$4,024,010	15.22%	$61,891	2.4	1,473
55	Jennifer Convertibles	$140,381	15.15%	$5,220	N.A.	175
56	Toys "R" Us	$13,050,000	15.15%	$109,000	N.A.	1,425
57	Ingles Markets	$2,612,233	14.88%	$42,582	60.3	197
58	Cabela"s	$2,063,524	14.66%	$85,785	18.2	18
59	Tractor Supply	$2,369,612	14.59%	$91,008	6.2	676
60	Famous Dave"s of America	$116,621	13.94%	$4,924	12.1	145
61	Bed Bath & Beyond	$6,617,429	13.91%	$594,244	3.70%	816
62	Guitar Center	$2,029,966	13.88%	$424	-99.4	297
63	Genesco	$1,460,478	13.76%	$67,646	7.9	2,000
64	bebe Stores	$579,073	13.65%	$73,962	11.5	244
65	Costco	$60,151,227	13.63%	$1,103,215	3.8	488
66	Delia"s	$257,618	13.62%	$5,754	N.A.	74
67	Gander Mountain	$911,438	13.30%	-$13,242	N.A.	105
68	Staples	$18,200,000	13.19%	$974,000	16.7	1,900
69	Sport Chalet	$388,209	13.11%	$7,099	N.A.	47
70	Target	$59,490,000	13.06%	$2,787,000	15.7	1,487
71	AnnTaylor	$2,342,907	13.01%	$142,982	74.6	869
72	Wet Seal	$564,324	12.68%	-$12,530	N.A.	432
73	Ross Stores	$5,570,210	12.66%	$241,634	21	797
74	PetSmart	$4,233,857	12.59%	$185,069	1.4	908
75	Walgreen	$47,409,000	12.34%	$1,750,600	12.3	5,461
76	Urban Outfitters	$1,224,717	12.14%	$116,206	-11.2	199
77	DSW	$1,279,060	11.80%	$65,464	76.1	228
78	Wal-Mart	$348,650,000	11.71%	$11,284,000	0.5	6,779
79	O"Reilly Automotive	$2,283,222	11.63%	$178,085	8.4	1,640
80	Christopher & Banks	$547,317	11.58%	$33,686	10.8	788
81	The Home Depot	$90,837,000	11.44%	$5,761,000	-1.30%	2,147
82	Charming Shoppes	$3,067,517	11.31%	$108,923	9.6	2,378
83	Cheesecake Factory	$1,315,600	11.29%	$81,282	-7.6	123
84	Sonic	$693,262	11.27%	$78,705	11.7	3,188
85	Fred"s	$1,767,239	11.19%	$26,746	2.5	701
86	Benihana	$272,649	11.04%	$13,391	2	97
87	Casual Male	$467,512	10.95%	$42,632	296.2	512
88	ValueVision	$767,275	10.89%	-$2,396	N.A.	0
89	Nordstrom	$8,560,698	10.85%	$677,999	23	191
90	Brinker International	$4,151,291	10.72%	$213,750	34.9	1,622
91	McCormick & Schmick"s	$308,323	10.58%	$13,348	21.3	66
92	Tiffany	$2,648,321	10.57%	$253,927	-0.3	167
93	Jack in the Box	$2,765,649	10.47%	$108,031	18	2,357
94	Limited Brands	$10,670,599	10.36%	$675,049	-1.2	3,798
95	Dave & Buster"s	$510,201	10.09%	-$11,577	N.A.	48
96	Applebee"s	$1,337,921	9.97%	$80,906	-20.5	1,930
97	Family Dollar	$6,394,772	9.79%	$201,665	-7.3	6,100
98	Duckwall-ALCO	$475,255	9.68%	$5,704	192.7	256
99	El Pollo Loco	$259,888	9.57%	$637	N.A.	359
100	A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts	$589,506	9.28%	$2,434	-75.8	122
	N.A.=Not Applicable
	*=Extracted from NRF Stores, August 2007