Hot Markets for 2007 — Prepare for Growth

Overlapping is discount-retail ($1.02T, +2 percent; with $5.2B to print, -7 percent) ranked at Number 17. Wal-Mart, Costco and Lowe’s are at less than 2 percent growth, maxed out in locations and deluded that their markets are captive. To improve “shopping experiences” and look more like top-drawer retailers, the hypermarkets and clubs ($3.5B to print, -10 percent) will have to reposition themselves by 2008.