Department Stores Market ShareDepartment Stores Market Share

Customer Growth Partners’ analysis of Commerce Department data reveals that department stores increased their market share of total retail sales for the first time in the 1980s.

Overall, department stores accounted for 2.5 percent of all retail sales, up from 2.4 percent in 2009.

Despite the gain, department stores account for a much smaller share of overall retail sales than in the past. The 2010 share is half the market share department stores accounted for in 2000 and one-third the share in 1990.