international 1 europe france 2 germany 3 greece federation of russia 4 slovak republic 5 switzerland united kingdom 6 north america states asia 7 japan 8 south korea thailand middle east special studies multinationals are fighting against locals to attract a more advised chinese consumer 1a investments in central and oriental 2a retail poland hungary still attracts foreign investors 3a wal mart betting on upscale customers 4a summary la lettre de distribution internationale november 2005 volume vii n 69 leading retailers worldwide 2004 globally americans continue dominating the ranking besides it did not change much compared one year earlier is dominated by since 1990 grocery mass merchandisers some changes were driven either stronger position regional firms home ware specialty or weakening clothing footwear businesses u s based enjoyed surge spending last which has protected them weak dollar however strong local currency contributed reinforce tesco k
