2014년 Top 100 Retailers Chart 2014 - Apparel

Top 100 Retailers Chart 2014 - Apparel

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Inventory that is out of whack with sales can only spell trouble, and this is just what has been happening to apparel retailers like Abercrombie & Fitch, Aéropostale and Urban Outfitters, suggests David Berman of retail hedge fund Durban Capital. Berman looked at sales and inventory levels at more than 200 publicly held apparel retailers and found that among chains appealing to teens and young adults, inventory grew faster than sales during every quarter of 2013; the trend continued into the early months of this year for many of those companies.

 

Among the exceptions are such fast-fashion operators as H&M and Forever 21. H&M opened its first U.S. store in New York in 2000, hit the West Coast five years later and now has roughly 300 stateside stores — its second-largest market after Germany.

 

In this country, the chain faces price competition from Gap, Forever 21 and off-price operators like Marshalls and Ross Dress for Less. In response, parent Hennes & Mauritz introduced the COS brand, which debuted on e-commerce sites late last year. COS apparel is more upscale than what is found in H&M units, putting it in the same league as Zara.

 

There are now about 100 COS stores worldwide, but the only locations in this country have been pop-up stores. A major U.S. rollout has been talked about for more than a year, though the company has been mum on when that launch may take place.