I am looking for a listing of the Top Drug Stores/Chains in Europe
overall as well as a breakdown of the Top 5 stores for each of the
following countries: Germany, France, Italy & the U.K. Need listings
to be ranked by sales.

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Clarification of Question by love2research-ga on 09 Aug 2002 13:48 PDT

To clarify question, I am looking for an overall Top 20 listing for
Europe and at least the Top 5 listings for the above mentioned
countries.
I know there are companies that have a variety of classifications, ie:
some Discount Stores and Grocery stores can have a Drug department as
well. That fine, as long as the lists are ranked by Drug sales, not
overall company sales.
I have the Top 200 Global Retailers ranking, but that's overall sales.
I would like a more specific ranking by just Drug sales, if possible.
Would also prefer that for the Top 5 listings that the company's are
based from that country, but if that's not the case, then that's fine.

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Request for Question Clarification by claudietta-ga on 12 Aug 2002 00:32 PDT

Dear Love2Search,

I have found 26 companies that are in the Drug Retail sector in
Europe, two of which are in Germany, four in France, zero in Italy,
and eight in the UK.

I have the sales figures for all, however, I am not certain that these
are only drug sales, given that they could likely sell other things.

I am also bothered that I wasn't able to find those in Italy, which I
know it has pharmacy chains.  However, it may be that they are headed
in other European countries.

If this information will suffice, please let me know and I'll post my
findings as an answer.

Claudietta

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Request for Question Clarification by claudietta-ga on 12 Aug 2002 00:38 PDT

Oh, here is an example of the sort of information I can provide you. 
These are only two.

Company Name, City, Web Site, Sales (US$Mil) 
1) Apoteket Ab, 131 88 Stockholm, http://www.apoteket.se  2,869.7 
2) dm-drogerie markt GmbH & Co KG, Karlsruhe,
http://www.dm-drogeriemarkt.de   1,641.4

Claudietta

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Clarification of Question by love2research-ga on 16 Aug 2002 12:06 PDT

Would like to know for sure what their sales is from, looking for
company's that are comparable to US Walgreens, CVS, Rite-Aid.

Dear Love2Search,

I apologize for the long delay.  

I have found 25 companies that are in the Drug Retail sector in
Europe, two of which are in Germany, four in France, zero in Italy,
and seven in the UK.  All of these fall under the Retail (Drug)
industry, primary SIC is called “Drug stores and proprietary stores”
(SIC: 5912).

These are the global Participants (in order of revenues)
Global Participants: 
Bond Drug Company Of Illinois
Walgreen Company
CVS Corporation
Rite Aid Corporation
Walgreen Eastern Co, Inc (Ny)
Cvs New York Inc
Caremark Rx, Inc.
Longs Drug Stores Corp.
Katz Group
Apoteket Ab

There are the participants in western Europe. 
Company Name, City, Country,Web Site, Sales (US$Mil) [NA=Not
Available], Products/Services*
1) Apoteket Ab, 131 88 Stockholm, Sweden http://www.apoteket.se 
2,869.7
·	prescriptions (75% of 2001 revenues); self-treatment (12%);
contract-hospitals (12%) and other (1%)
2) dm-drogerie markt GmbH & Co KG, Karlsruhe, Germany,
http://www.dm-drogeriemarkt.de   1,641.4
·	pharmaceutical products, health foods, baby foods, cosmetics and
perfumes, detergents, hair/bodycare products
3) Superdrug Stores Plc, Croydon, UK,  http://www.superdrug.com 
1,387.3
·	beauty aids, health foods, toiletry, household products
4) Dirk Rossmann GmbH Burgwedel, Germany,  http://www.rossmann.de 
916.5
·	pharmaceuticals (through 650 sales outlets)
5) Brocacef Holding N.V. BBMaarssen, Netherlands, NA, 630.2 
·	medicines, medical, and non-prescription retail articles
6) Anton Schlecker Ges mbH Linz, Austria, http://www.schlecker.com,
394.8
·	perfumes, cosmetics
7) BIPA Parfümerien Ges mbH, Wiener Neudorf, Austria, 
http://www.bipa.co.at  370.9
·	beauty, personal health, hygiene products, baby foods, baby care
product, baby clothing, pet supplies/food, cleaning/household
products, brand name perfumes photo-processing services
8) Orfe SA Warsaw, Poland,  http://www.orfe.pl  274.9 
·	pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, toiletries, medical machinery,
equipment, fixtures/fittings, storage of goods for resale
9) University Pharmacy, Helsinki, Finland, 
http://www.yliopistonapteekki.fi   168.2
·	operation of pharmacies
10) Chanel Ltd, London, UK, http://www.chanel.com, 145.5 
·	perfumes, fashion clothing, cosmetics, miscellaneous fashion
accessories
11) Takeda (Laboratoires), Puteaux Cedex, France, NA, 137.5 
·	pharmacies
12) Pharmygiène-Médipole Montrouge Cedex, France, NA, 101.7 
·	pharmacies
13) Bodycare (Health & Beauty) Ltd Nr, Preston, UK, NA, 93.1 
·	general household goods/toiletries
14) Boots The Chemist Dublin, Ireland (Republic), 
http://www.boots.co.uk   89.8
·	pharmaceutical products
15) Paydens Ltd Maidstone, UK, NA, 79.6 
·	pharmaceutical preparations,  prescription dispensing
16) Peel Street Pharmacy Ltd Lancashire, UK, NA, 49.4 
·	pharmaceutical products
17) Evans, W R, (Chemist) Ltd (also trading as Mano0, Derbyshire,UK,
http://www.manorpharmacy.co.uk  46.3
·	pharmaceutical products
18) Clinovia Ltd Essex, UK,  http://www.clinovia.co.uk  38.0 
·	patient services and medical products 
19) Centrum Zaopatrzenia Farmaceutycznego CEFARM WR Wroclaw, Poland,
http://www.cefarm.wroc.pl  35.3
·	medicines, pharmaceuticals
20) Dramers Sp zoo Poznan, Poland, http://www.dramers.com.pl  22.4 
·	toiletries, cosmetics/perfumes, chemicals, manufacture of aerosols
21) Organon SA Puteaux Cedex, France, http://www.organon.fr  12.4 
·	pharmacies
22) Vitexim Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft Budapest, Hungry, NA, 4.7
·	drugs/pharmaceuticals, clothing for women/children, groceries
23) Groupe Multipharma Scrl Bruxelles, Belgium, 
http://www.multipharma.be  3.8
·	drugs, cosmetics, associated sundries
24) Economie Populaire SC (L'), Ciney, Belgium, NA, 1.5 
·	pharmaceuticals
25) Pharmacia SAS St Quentin en Yvelines, Cedex, http://www.pnu.com, 
NA
·	pharmaceuticals

GERMANY
1)	dm-drogerie markt GmbH & Co KG 
2)	Dirk Rossmann GmbH 

FRANCE
1) Takeda (Laboratoires) 
2) Pharmygiène-Médipole 
3) Organon SA 
3)	Pharmacia SAS 

UNITED KINGDOM
1) Superdrug Stores Plc 
2) Chanel Ltd London  
3) Bodycare (Health & Beauty) Ltd 
4) Paydens Ltd 
5) Peel Street Pharmacy Ltd 
6) Evans, W R, (Chemist) Ltd 
7) Clinovia Ltd 

*The information in for products and services was in varying degrees
of quality and specificity.  However, I believe this gives you a very
good idea of the general retail these companies are in.  If you find
that you need more specific information on any of these companies, let
me know.

Your search strategy should include the following terms
Retail and drugs
Drug stores

I found this relevant association called National Retail Federation. 
Look in here for more information on the industry.
 www.nrf.com/

Source:
The above listed information can be found in numerous databases
including Lexis Nexis, Onesource, Million Dollar Database, which can
be accessed through business school libraries of large universities.

If I can be of any more helps, please let me know.  

Thanks for using Google! 
Claudietta

Hi,

The world's top 100 retailers
http://www.siamfuture.com/RetailBusCenter/RetailIndus/Top100.asp

You can check for Europe in this list.

Thanks
netcrazy

Dear love2research:

Seedy-ga pointed out that these figures do not break down the sales
revenue by country. I realize now that you probably wanted the rank by
sales within a single country. I have written to ask the Google to
pull all my answers, if they have not done so already by the time you
read this. I have found reports that can answer your question,
unfortunately they ask a couple of hundred Euros altogether, so I'll
just point them your way:

http://www.planetretail.net

Best Regards,
blader-ga 

PS. If Google has already pulled my answer by the time you read this,
just ask and I'll post my original answer as a comment.