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Von Maur, Golf Galaxy, Buc-ees’s among America’s ‘best’ retailers

Marianne Wilson
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The survey was conducted on retailers across 43 categories.

Century-old regional department store company Von Maur and convenience store chain Buc-ee's, famous for its massive stores and devoted following, are among the 10 best retailers in America.

That’s according to Newsweek, which partnered with Statista to release its "America's Best Retailers 2025" report. The third-annual rankings were identified from the results of an independent survey of participants who have either made purchases, used services or gathered information about products or services in the past three years. 

Customers evaluated several brands, with a total of more that 140,000 evaluations collected. The awarded brands each received an average of 100 evaluations from customers.

The survey was conducted on retailers across 43 categories. The final assessment and rankings were based on the likelihood of recommendation (50% of the final score) and five evaluation criteria (also 50% of the evaluation score): products, customer service, atmosphere, accessibility and shop layout. Cartier received the highest overall score among the 210 brands recognized.

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Here are the 10 retailers that scored highest among all evaluated  brands.

Top 10 

1. Cartier (93.03)

2. Tiffany & Co. (92.83)

3. Tory Burch (92.80)

4. Buc-ees (92.70)

5. Lego (92.70)

6. Red Wing Shoes (92.38)

7. Golf Galaxy (92.20(

8. Disney Store (92.15)

9. Von Maur (91.91)

10. Russel Stover (91.62)  
 

Here’s a look at the top five retailers in some of the individual categories ranked by Newsweek. (To see the complete list of all ranked categories, click here. 

Apparel Stores

  1. Tommy Bahama
  2. Uniqlo
  3. Zumiez
  4. American Eagle Outfitters
  5. Lands End 

Convenience Stores

  1. Buc-ee's
  2. Sheetz
  3. QuikTrip
  4. Wawa
  5. GetGo

Department Stores

  1. Von Maur
  2. Saks Fifth Avenue
  3. Nordstrom
  4. Bloomingdale’s
  5. Dilliard’s 

Discount Supermarkets (only three ranked)

  1. Trader Joe's
  2. Aldi
  3. WinCo Foods 

Footwear Retailers (multi-brand)

  1. Boot Barn
  2. Shoe Show
  3. Foot Locker
  4. DSW
  5. The Athlete’s Foot

Home Goods & Décor

  1. Crate & Barrel
  2. World Market
  3. At Home  
  4. Home Goods
  5. Kirkland’s Home 

Home Improvement

  1. Tractor Supply Co.
  2. Menards
  3. Lowe’s
  4. Home Depot
  5. Ace Hardware

Outdoor Apparel

  1. The North Face
  2. Patagonia
  3. L.L. Bean
  4. Carhartt
  5. Columbia Sportswear

Pharmacies & Drug Stores (only three ranked)

  1. Walmart Pharmacy
  2. Giant Eagle Pharmacy
  3. Walgreens

Superstores & Warehouse Club Stores

  1. Costco Wholesale
  2. Sam's Club
  3. Meijer
  4. Target
  5. BJ’s 

Supermarkets

  1. Publix
  2. Wegmans
  3. Kroger
  4. Giant Eagle
  5. Safeway

Women’s Apparel

  1. Maurices
  2. Loft
  3. J.Jill
  4. Lane Bryant
  5. Chico’s

Sporting Goods/Equipment

  1. Golf Galaxy
  2. Scheels
  3. Finish Lline
  4. Academy Sports & Outdoors
  5. Dick’s Sporting Goods 

Discount Clothing

  1. Bealls
  2. Saks Off 5th
  3. Marshalls
  4. T.J. Maxx
  5. Nordstrom Rack

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