Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked bookstore chains
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Waterstones and WHSmith sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
W
Waterstones
|
- | +5.7% |
| 2 |
W
WHSmith
|
- | -13.5% |
- WHSmith
- Waterstones
- Birmingham Books
- Watsons News
- Mals News
- Queensway News
- Hussain News
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
67 tracked store locations in Birmingham. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- WHSmith (29)
- Waterstones (5)
- Birmingham Books (1)
- Watsons News (1)
- Mals News (1)
- Queensway News (1)
- Hussain News (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
W
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2
W
- 3 B Birmingham Books 1
- 4 W Watsons News 1
- 5 M Mals News 1
- 6 Q Queensway News 1
- 7 H Hussain News 1
- 8 K Kingstanding News 1
- 9 R R S Superstore 1
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10
T
TGJones 1
- 11 T The Pantry Local 1
- 12 A Ambika News 1
- 13 B Bournville Stores 1
- 14 T Tamworth News 1
- 15 B Bromford News 1
- 16 S Supermags 1
- 17 S S K news 1
- 18 H Highgate News & Off-licence 1
- 19 B Birring Drinks Express 1
- 20 H Hurst Street News 1
- 21 B Brooklyn News & offlicence 1
- 22 S SRA News 1
- 23 S Stirchley Newsagents 1
- 24 N Naveed News 1
- 25 C Chester Road News 1
- 26 J Jayshaw Stores 1
- 27 J Jay News & Convenient Store 1
- 28 C C K News 1
- 29 M Moor St News 1
- 30 W Widney News 1
- 31 M Mikeys Market Place 1
- 32 C C J News 1
- 33 S Station Stores 1
- 34 A A&Z News 1
- 35 D Dhada 1
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