2018 RETAIL ASIA-PACIFIC TOP 500
OV E R V I E W
METHODOLOGY
Retail Asia-Pacific Top 500
research methodology
The Retail Asia-Pacific Top 500 ranking
of the leading retailers in the region
draws from Euromonitor International’s
research and analysis of the retail indus-
try around the world.
Research for the 2018 edition was
conducted by analysts in 80 countries,
including the 14 Asia-Pacific economies
featured, in the third quarter of 2017.
Where full-year 2017 figures were
unavailable from companies and where
publicly stated figures were not to the
level of detail required in this study,
estimates have been made based on
a variety of sources to produce fully
relevant, comparable data.
Euromonitor International’s sources
for its studies of retailing and of spe-
cific consumer product markets are
summarised below. The gathering of
information and opinion, bottom-up,
country by country is supplemented by
top-down regional and global analyses
and modelling.
Visit www.euromonitor.com for
more details on Euromonitor Interna-
tional, including our research meth-
odology.
For the Retail Asia-Pacific Top 500,
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Retail Asia June/July 2018
retailers were picked from the following
economies:
■ Australia
■ China
■ Hong Kong
■ India
■ Indonesia
■ Japan
■ Malaysia
■ New Zealand
■ The Philippines ■ Singapore
■ South Korea
■ Taiwan
■ Thailand
■ Vietnam
Retailers were selected and ranked
based on the performance of their fascias
in each economy — and not the regio