Retail Week’s ranking of the UK’s top 50 retailers by sales for the 2013/14 financial year shows no changes within the top 10 compared with last year.

Updated figures

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However, it did cover the period before Dixons and Carphone Warehouse joined forces and the newly merged company will almost certainly break into the top ten in the next edition.

Meanwhile, Aldi has been steadily gaining ground and is now positioned just outside the top ten. Discounters in general have been moving up the ranks in this year’s edition and this includes Lidl and Farmfoods as well as general merchandise discounters such as B&M, TJ Morris (which trades as Home Bargains) and Poundland.

There was one new entry in this edition, with Game Digital coming in at number 48 as its sales soared following the release of the PlayStation4 and Xbox One towards the end of 2013. Game replaces Phones 4U, which has been taken out of this ranking following its collapse in September 2014.

RankChange*Retailer2013/14 sales (£m)Notes
1 − Tesco £43,570  
2 − Sainsbury’s  £23,921  
3 − Asda £23,299 12 months to December 2013.
4 − Morrisons £17,680  
5 − Marks & Spencer £9,156  
6 − John Lewis Partnership £9,028  
7 − Cooperative Group £7,997 Food retail and pharmacies.
8 − Alliance Boots £6,697 UK retail sales (opticians and chemists). 
9 − Home Retail Group £5,540 Sales exclude financial services activities.
10 − Kingfisher £4,363 Includes Republic of Ireland.
11 ↑ Aldi £4,250 Retail Week estimate. Year to December 2013.
12 ↓ Dixons Retail £4,149 Sales are underlying. Includes Republic of Ireland. 
13 ↓ Amazon £4,000 Estimated sales through Amazon.co.uk. 
14 ↓ Next £3,531 Sales are Next Retail (UK and Ireland), Next Directory (excluding overseas sales) and Lipsy Retail.
15 − Lidl £3,360 Retail Week estimate. Year to December 2013.
16 ↑ Primark £2,730 Retail Week estimate. 
17 ↓ Iceland £2,699  
18 − Arcadia Group £2,300 Retail Week estimate. Includes BHS. 
19 ↑ Sports Direct International £2,000 Estimated UK retail sales.
20 ↓ Debenhams £1,902 UK net sales, excluding concessions. 
21 ↓ Lloyds Pharmacy £1,785 Year to December 2013.
22 − The Carphone Warehouse £1,784  
23 ↑ TK Maxx  £1,614  
24 ↓ Wilko £1,460  
25 ↑ IKEA £1,411  
26 ↓ Shop Direct Group £1,340 Retail Week estimate.
27 ↑ TJ Morris (Home Bargains) £1,277  
28 ↑ B&M  £1,272  
29 ↓ WH Smith £1,161 Includes a small element of international turnover. 
30 ↓ Matalan £1,123  
31 ↓ New Look Group £1,034  
32 − Superdrug £1,010 Year to December 2013.
33 ↑ JD Sports Fashion £1,005 Estimated retail sales.
34 ↓ Wickes £972 Year to December 2013.
35 ↑ Poundland £938  
36 ↑ McColl’s Retail Group £922  
37 ↓ Apple Retail UK £901 Year to September 2013
38 ↑ N Brown Group £804 Sales excluding international turnover of £31.4m.
39 ↑ Halfords Group £803 Retail division sales.
40 ↓ H&M £796 Year to November 2013.
41 ↑ Ocado Group £792 Year to November 2013.
42 − Harrods £788 UK net sales, excluding concessions. 
43 ↑ House of Fraser £732 UK net sales, excluding concessions. 
44 ↑ Dunelm Group £730  
45 ↑ Farmfoods £721 Year to December 2013.
46 ↓ River Island £712  
47 ↑ Pets at Home £665  
48 New GAME Digital £645  
49 ↓ DFS Furniture Holdings £635  
50   Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group £552  

*Compared to 2012/13

Methodology

This ranking excludes buying groups, franchised formats and opticians. Sales are UK retail sales ex-VAT for 2013/14, unless otherwise stated. Department stores sales are net and exclude sales through concessions.

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