date:Jan 16, 2014
op 10 grew more slowly than the top 250 the past fiscal year with retail revenue growth of 4.2% versus the 4.9% growth in the previous fiscal year. While Wal-Mart increased its lead, Carrefourformerly the worlds second-largest retailerfell to fourth place following back-to-back years of declining sales primarily attributable to the spinoff of the Dia hard discount chain in July 2011.
Tesco, which jumped this year to second place, was also impacted by discontinued operations after shuttering its