The retail juggernaut is valued at no less than $1.4 trillion – roughly four times what it was in late 2016 when its market cap hovered ar

Visualizing The Size Of Amazon, The World’s Most Valuable Retailer

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2020-07-08 07:45:41

The retail juggernaut is valued at no less than $1.4 trillion – roughly four times what it was in late 2016 when its market cap hovered around $350 billion, and as Visual Capitalist’s Dorothy Neufeld notes, last year, the Jeff Bezos-led company shipped 2 billion packages around the world.

Today’s infographic shows how Amazon’s market cap alone is bigger than the nine biggest U.S. retailers put together, highlighting the palpable presence of the once modest online bookstore.

Neiman Marcus, JCPenney, and J.Crew have all filed for bankruptcy as consumer spending has migrated online. This, coupled with heavy debt loads across many retail chains, is only compounding the demise of brick-and-mortar. In fact, one estimate projects that at least 25,000 U.S. stores will fold over the next year.

Still, as safety and supply chain challenges mount—with COVID-19 related costs in the billions—Amazon remains at the top. It surpasses its next closest competitor, Walmart, by $1 trillion in market valuation.