The Top 25 Mobile Electronics Retailers
By Staff -- TWICE, 5/17/2004
The Top 25 Mobile Electronics Retailers| RANK 2003 | RANK 2002 | Store Type (a) | Store Name | 2003 | EST. 2002 | % Change 2003/2002 | 2003 | EST. 2002 |
| Estimated CE Sales (b) in $ millions | Number of Stores (c) | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | EA/N | Best Buy Richfield, Minn. | $490 | $458 | 7.0% | 608 | 548 |
| 2 | 2 | EO/L | Circuit City Seattle, Wash. | 350 | 378 | -7.4 | 604 | 626 |
| 3 | 3 | MM | Wal-Mart Bentonville, Ark. | 240 | 185 | 29.7 | 1,471* | 1,258* |
| 4 | 4 | MS/ME/AO | Audio Express Scottsdale, Ariz. | 120 | 117 | 2.6 | 46 | 46 |
| 5 | 5 | MS/ME/AO | Car Toys Seattle, Wash. | 110 | 99 | 11.1 | 59 | 57 |
| 6 | 6 | EO/L | Tweeter Home Entertainment Canton, Mass. | 91 | 96 | -5.2 | 161 | 158 |
| 7 | 7 | CD/MO | Crutchfield Charlottesville, Va. | 84 | 82 | 2.4 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 9 | EO/L | Ultimate Electronics Thornton, Colo. | 64 | 63 | 1.1 | 65 | 58 |
| 9 | 8 | EO/L | Good Guys Alamida, Calif. | 57 | 68 | -15.1 | 72 | 71 |
| 10 | 11 | EA/N | Fry's Electronics San Jose, Calif. | 48 | 45 | 5.6 | 25 | 22 |
| 11 | 10 | MM | Sears Hoffman Estates, Ill. | 47 | 63 | -25.4 | 1,663 | 1,632 |
| 12 | 12 | MM | Target Minneapolis, Minn. | 38 | 37 | 2.7 | 1,225 | 1,147 |
| 13 | 13 | MS/ME/AO | Mickey Shorr Pontiac, Mich. | 36 | 33 | 9.1 | 10 | 16 |
| 14 | 15 | WC | Costco Wholesale Issaquah, Wash. | 31 | 29 | 6.9 | 317 | 304 |
| 15 | 16 | EA/R | ABC Appliance Pontiac, Mich. | 25 | 23 | 8.7 | 47 | 38 |
| 16 | 14 | MM | Kmart Troy, Mich. | 24 | 31 | -22.6 | 1,511 | 1,827 |
| 17 | 18 | HF | American TV & Appliance Madison, Wis. | 22 | 22 | 2.5 | 11 | 10 |
| 18 | 19 | MS/ME/AO | Al & Ed's Autosound Van Nuys, Calif. | 21 | 21 | 0.0 | 30 | 30 |
| 19 | 20 | EA/N | Rex Stores Dayton, Ohio | 19 | 19 | -0.3 | 248 | 255 |
| 20 | 21 | EA/R | H.H. Gregg Indianapolis, Ind. | 17 | 17 | 1.3 | 54 | 47 |
| 21 | 22 | EA/M | J&R Computer World New York, N.Y. | 14 | 16 | -8.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | 23 | CD/TV | QVC West Chester, Pa. | 12 | 14 | -12.7 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | 24 | MS/ME/AO | Custom Sounds Austin, Texas | 11 | 12 | -5.2 | 16 | 16 |
| 24 | 17 | MS/ME/AO | Mobile-One Auto Sound Metairie, La. | 11 | 22 | -50.0 | 5 | 10 |
| 25 | NR | HF | Nebraska Furniture Mart Omaha, Neb. | 9 | 7 | 22.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Total Top 25 | 1,992 | 1,956 | 1.8% | 8,254 | 8,181 | |||
| NR = Not ranked last year. NA = Not applicable. (a) Most store type codes were developed jointly by TWICE and the Consumer Electronics Association. (b) All sales information, except for that supplied by publicly held companies that break out line-of-business sales for consumer electronics, is based on TWICE estimates. (c) Represents only stores carrying consumer electronics. * Mobile Electronics are predominantly sold at Wal-Mart Supercenters (discount + grocery) vs. the smaller Wal-Mart (discount, non-grocery) stores. Sam's Club is a separate entity and excluded. In 2003, the split was 1,471 Supercenters to 1,478 Wal-Mart stores. In 2002, the split was 1,258 Supercenters to 1,568 Wal-Mart stores. CD/MO = Consumer direct/Mail order CD/TV = Consumer direct/TV shopping EA/M = Electronics/Appliance stores/One-market EA/N = Electronics/Appliance stores/Multi-regional EA/R = Electronics/Appliance stores/Regional EO/L = Electronics-only stores/Chains with five or more stores HF = Home furnishings stores MM = Mass merchants MS/ME/AO = Miscellaneous/Mobile electronics store/Auto only WC = Warehouse clubs Source: TWICE Market Research © TWICE 2004 | ||||||||
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