The source clarifies, "To arrive at U.S. retail sales figures, a variety of estimation techniques are applied based on publicly disclosed information. For this reason, the figures presented do not always match the companies’ official public filing reports."
The Top 100 Retailers are ranked by past 52/53-week annual retail sales.
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United States: leading department stores 2025, by sales
In 2025, Macy's was ranked as the leading department store in the United States, with sales amounting to more than ** billion U.S. dollars. Nordstrom followed, with sales reaching nearly ** billion. In the period of September 2025, U.S. department store sales reached *** billion U.S. dollars.
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