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496. Yamada Denki

Rank: 496 (Previous rank: N.A.)
CEO: Noboru Yamada
Employees: 11,127
Address: 1-1 Sakae-cho
Takasaki, 370-0841
Country: Japan
Website: www.yamada-denki.jp

	$ millions	% change from 2007
Revenues	18,632.3	20.4
Profits	330.5	-23.2
Assets	7,881.8	—
Stockholders' equity	3,576.5	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	1.8
Assets	4.2

Industry: Specialty Retailers

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Costco Wholesale	88	72,483.0
2	Home Depot	90	71,288.0
3	Lowe's	153	48,230.0


4	Best Buy	167	45,015.0
5	Hutchison Whampoa	281	30,239.6
6	Arcandor	285	30,063.4
7	Staples	397	23,083.8
8	Jardine Matheson	411	22,362.0
9	TJX	486	19,147.5
10	Yamada Denki	496	18,632.3

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