Retail, in the eyes of the everyday customer

This is how ConsumerReports’ evaluates apparel etailers:

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It’s the end of the year and time for my first Top Online-Offline performers of ‘07 listing.

Criteria – To be on the list companies had to:

- Have ‘07 revenues more than $50 million
- Revenue should have grown more than 15% in the year
- Should have their own offline and online stores

Here are the winners (in random order):

Zumiez Inc. – 235 stores + zumiez.com
Under Armour – 1 store + underarmour.com
Tween Brands Inc. – 730 stores + tweenbrands.com/
Trans World Entertainment Corporation – 950 stores + FYE.com
Toys ”R” Us, Inc. – 840 stores + toysrus.com
Talbots – 1,380 stores + talbots.com and jjill.com

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