The Top 50 Home Accent Retailers.(Ashley Furniture Industries Inc.)(The Home Depot Inc.)(Wal-Mart Stores Inc.)

Home Accents Today, August, 2006 by French, Dana

By Dana French

Discount department stores and off-price retailers comprise more than two-fifths of the Top 50.

Home accent sales for the nation's largest home accent retailers jumped 6.7% last year to reach the $35 billion mark. The Top 50 sold home accents through 33,214 stores and account for a staggering 52% of the entire home accents universe.

Once again, Wal-Mart is the largest home accent retailer. The Bentonville, Ark.-based discounter pulled in $6.4 billion in 2005 home accent sales and shows no signs of stopping. Wal-Mart opened 267 new supercenters and 22 new discount stores, including 166 discount conversions to supercenters last year and plans to open 270 to 280 new supercenters and 20 to 30 new discount stores this year. ...

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