Chinese online retailer JD.com heads Fastest 50

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Chinese online retailer JD.com heads Fastest 50
Retailers headquartered in emerging markets accounted for the majority of the Fastest 50 in 2013 (29 companies). In particular, Chinese retailers (including Hong Kong-based companies) and Russian retailers are well represented among the 50 fastest- growing retailers over the 2008 through 2013 period, with nine and six companies, respectively.

Thirty-three Fastest 50 companies in 2013 were also among the Fastest 50 in 2012,  as they continued to be propelled by acquisitions made over the five-year period and/or robust organic growth. Eleven companies on the list are 2013 Top 250 newcomers.

JD.com, the largest online direct sales company in China, was the fastest-growing Top 250 retailer with compound annual growth of 123.6 percent. The company was founded in 2004 and went public in May 2014. In March 2013, Albertson’s LLC — third on the list — acquired 870 Albertsons, Acme, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s and Star Market sites from SUPERVALU Inc., which had owned them since 2006 when Albertsons Inc. was broken up and sold. As a result, Albertson’s generated the fastest year-over-year growth in 2013 — 489.7 percent.

Chilean supermarket operator SMU has the dubious distinction of being the only company in the Fastest 50 to report a decline in revenue in 2013. Although the company’s compound annual growth rate ranked among the Fastest 50 due to a flurry of acquisitions over the five-year period, 2013 saw major financial restructuring as SMU closed a number of outlets and put three chains up for sale.

As a group, the 50 fastest-growing retailers increased retail revenue at a compound annual rate of 20.6 percent between 2008 and 2013, nearly five times the rate of the Top 250 overall. Fastest 50 retailers also significantly outperformed the Top 250 on the bottom line with a composite net profit margin of 4.9 percent, 1.5 percentage points higher than that of the Top 250. Twenty-nine Fastest 50 retailers were also among the 50 fastest-growing retailers in 2013.

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