What's Inside

Our quarterly US Retail Inventory Insights series analyzes inventory trends in US retail.

In this report, dive into trends by sector and inventory turnover ratios among major US retailers in the fourth quarter of 2024 (4Q24). We analyze inventory levels across ten sectors: beauty, department stores, discount stores, electronics, food and grocery, home and home-improvement, luxury, mass merchandisers, specialty apparel and warehouse clubs.

The companies featured in this series are among those listed in the Coresight 100.

Data in this report include:

• Inventory turnover ratios by quarter for the latest quarter and the prior eight quarters
• Year-over-year changes in inventory values of covered US retailers for the latest quarter and the prior quarter

Companies mentioned in this report include: American Eagle Outfitters, Bath & Body Works, Costco Wholesale, Dollar Tree, The Home Depot, Kohl’s, Kroger, Lowe’s Companies, Macy’s, Tapestry, Target, The TJX Companies, Ulta Beauty, Walmart

Other relevant research:

• Read the previous report in the series, which looks at 3Q24.
• Discover more research reports on retail management from Coresight Research.
• The US Retail Traffic and In-Store Metrics Databank provides monthly US retail traffic and in-store metrics for nonfood retailing.