Sporting Goods Business' Top Sporting Goods Retailers Of '04

The following presents the top sporting goods retailers of ’04, according to Sporting Goods Business. Company sales figures are for retail volume in the U.S. and represent sales generated from brick-and-mortar stores, catalogs and Internet operations (SPORTING GOODS BUSINESS, 6/’05 issue).

TOP SPORTING GOODS RETAILERS OF '04
RK	COMPANY	SALES	NO. OF TRADITONAL STORES
1)	Wal-Mart^	$17.1B	1,343
2)	Target Stores^^	$2.6B	1,308
3)	The Sports Authority	$2.4B	392
4)	Dick's Sporting Goods	$2.1B	234
5)	Bass Pro Shops	$2.0B	26
6)	Foot Locker	$1.7B	1,448
7)	Cabela's	$1.6B	10
8)	L.L. Bean	$1.4B	4
9)	Sears Roebuck & Co.^^	$1.3B	870
10t)	Academy Sports & Outdoors	$1.2B	81
10t)	The Finish Line	$1.2B	598
10t)	J.C. Penney^^	$1.2B	1,017
13t)	Famous Footwear	$1.1B	919
13t)	Pacific Sunwear	$1.1B	836
15)	Nike^^^	$1.0B	108
16)	Kohl's^^	$950M	652
17)	DSW	$937M	172
18)	Kmart^^	$900M	1,422
19)	REI	$888M	76
20)	Champs Sports	$850M	581
21)	Big 5 Sporting Goods	$779M	309
22)	Shoe Show	$755M	930
23)	Gander Mountain	$642M	82
24)	Shoe Carnival	$590M	227
25)	Modell's Sporting Goods	$566M	122

^ = Sales figures for sporting goods and toys. ^^ = Sales figures for athletic goods only. ^^^ = Sales figures for retail only.