Apple Ranks 21st on Largest Retailers List

[Jeff Campbell]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/01/apple-ranks-as-21st-largest-u-s-retailer-in-2010/' target='_blank'>http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/01...tailer-in-2010/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"In its annual ranking of the largest retailers by U.S. sales, the National Retail Federation has pegged Apple in 21st place in 2010 with over $18 billion in sales between its retail and iTunes stores (via The Next Web)."</em></p><p><img height="572" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1310158125.usr105634.jpg" style="margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px;" width="500" /></p><p>Retail sales that showed 32.3% growth from 2010 (Amazon was 46.2%) pushed Apple into the 21st spot on the list, which is a bump of 32 spots from last year's list.&nbsp;</p>

[Michael Knutson]

Pretty amazing. Just shows how online sales are booming - comparing Apple to Kohl's, for example, with the number of stores ...

Walmart seems to be reacting to this phenomenon by really beefing-up their electronics in-store - including Apple products. Just in the tablet space alone they have (had) iPad 1 & 2, Acer Iconia, HP TouchPad, Xoom, and PlayBook on display, along with the large number of e-readers. I was impressed, and actually bought several items, normally I buy online from NewEgg or TigerDirect, or the like. This tells me that money is being spent on electronics "stuff" despite the stinking economy.