| Title: | Walmart And Target Geographic Growth, Animated |
| URL: | http://www.rimmkaufman.com/rkgblog/2009/01/30/walmart-and-target-geographic-growth-animated/ |
| Printed: | March 20, 2010 |
| Source: | The Rimm-Kaufman Group Blog, info@rimmkaufman.com |
- January 30, 2009
- 4 comments
Interesting animations of Walmart & Target geographic expansion:
Random thoughts:
- Good data visualizations are rare.
- Both firms have been expanding for over 40 years.
- Walmart grew methodically by region. Target bounced around.
- Walmart is everywhere. Not news, but still mind-boggling.
- All those leases to cover!
Hat tip: Paul Kedrosky
If you like this post, consider subscribing to our RSS feed. You can also have new posts sent to you via email.
Related Posts
No related posts.
* Walmart grew methodically by region. Target bounced around.
Walmart is a distribution efficiency play, geos matter
Target is a merchandising play, demos matter
Wonder where they got the data?
Nathan Yau got it from Thomas Holmes. Raw data here.
Now that’s fun!!
Alan, these visualizations are all too rare, and fun.
One small correction: Both Wal-Mart and Target own their stories and these days the land under them as well. So, I believe, do Sears & Kmart.
Big investment, but it means no lease payments.
Thanks for reading.
Charles Fishman
Author, “The Wal-Mart Effect”