Top 100: 75. Walmart

In addition to scaling down store footprints for entry into urban markets and placing Web-enabled workstations in its aisles to attract more sophisticated…

Top 100: 74. Walgreens

In years past, Walgreens executives affectionately characterized the company’s business model as a “hedgehog” that stuck close to its core competencies of…

Top 100: 76. Anthropologie

Anthropologie doesn’t push a particular category of products but instead focuses on creating a sensual experience (often enhanced by French café music and…

Top 100: 79. BJ's Wholesale Club

Stock in BJ’s Wholesale Club jumped nearly 18 percent in July when private equity investor Leonard Green and Partners acquired a 9.5 percent ownership stake in…

Top 100: 78. Bath & Body Works

Bath & Body Works posted better-than-expected sales results for the third quarter 2010, driven by increased store transactions, enhancements in the direct…

Top 100: 77. Augmented reality

Everyone agrees that augmented reality (AR) is going to be huge over the next five to 10 years. Some AR applications use projectors and screens to insert…

Top 100: 80. Build-A-Bear Workshop

Build-A-Bear Workshop ended the 2010 third quarter reporting a 5.3 percent increase in North America, thanks to comparable store sales and the successful…

Top 100: 81. Craigslist

Like many an Internet phenomenon. Craigslist started small, based on a simple, localized idea that blossomed into something global. Started in 1995 by Craig…

Top 100: 82. Dollar Tree

Dollar Tree has emerged as one of the big winners during the recession and continues to benefit even in a recovering economy. The company targets low to…

Top 100: 83. Green retailing

"Greentailing" isn't just for tree huggers anymore. Consumers are increasingly focusing on eco-friendly shopping and greener lifestyles. At the same time…

Top 100: 84. H&M

Just days before the Swedish fashion giant's hotly anticipated designer collaboration, "Lanvin for H&M" hit stores on November 20, the company announced a…

Top 100: 86. Publix

The nation’s largest employee-owned supermarket chain defied the recession by opening 36 new stores in 2009, and hiring more than 27,000 new associates.

Top 100: 85. LEGO

The 76-year-old Danish toy maker saw its profit jump almost 64 percent in the first half of 2010. The family-owned company’s core snap-together plastic brick…

Top 100: 87. Retail at airports

Once upon a time, delayed air travelers had to settle for browsing meager newsstands and snacking on food court cuisine. Things have changed, however. Many of…

Top 100: 88. Bloomingdale's

Aggressively pursuing the re-emerging upscale customer, Bloomingdale’s first opened a slick 90,000 square foot space in the heart of Manhattan’s SoHo district…

Top 100: 89. Disney

Disney’s purchase of Marvel Entertainment last August was merely a foreshadowing of the entertainment giant’s recent spate of creative leaps and innovative…

2011 Retail Customer Experience Top 100

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Top 100: 90. Dollar General

After raising $444 million in an IPO taking the discount retailer public in 2009, private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. promptly paid down $73…

Top 100: 93. Michaels Stores

Founded in 1984, Michaels Stores anticipated the modern arts and crafts boom by providing nascent painters, scrapbookers, knitters, florists and cake…

Top 100: 92. JCPenney

While other retailers closed stores or laid off workers in response to the downturn, JCPenney continued investing, most notably opening its first Manhattan…