United States: leading apparel retailers 2021, by retail sales
This ranking depicts the leading apparel retailers in the Unites States in 2021, based on retail sales. In that year, TJX was the leading apparel retailer in the United States, with retail sales of about 38 billion U.S. dollars.
Even well-established brands have to work hard to maintain their share of the market, through social media and advertising. Consumers are demanding more versatile wear with wider functionality, which means retailers continue producing new styles of apparel for men and women.
Global Apparel Industry
The global apparel industry features a number of well known and highly valuable brands. The revenue of the global apparel market is forecast to grow year on year, reaching almost 2 trillion U.S. dollars in 2026. The apparel industry is of great importance to the economy in terms of trade, employment, investment and revenue all over the world. This particular industry has short product life cycles, vast product differentiation and is characterized by great pace of demand change coupled with rather long and inflexible supply processes.Even well-established brands have to work hard to maintain their share of the market, through social media and advertising. Consumers are demanding more versatile wear with wider functionality, which means retailers continue producing new styles of apparel for men and women.
