Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked bookstores 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. Barnes & Noble and Newbury Comics sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +1.3% |
| 2 |
N
Newbury Comics
|
- | -1.6% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Newbury Comics
- Hudson News
- Brookline Booksmith
- Harvard Coop
- Beacon Hill Books & Cafe
- Harvard Book Store
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
45 tracked store locations in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (13)
- Newbury Comics (9)
- Hudson News (1)
- Brookline Booksmith (1)
- Harvard Coop (1)
- Beacon Hill Books & Cafe (1)
- Harvard Book Store (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
Barnes & Noble 13
-
2
N
Newbury Comics 9
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3
H
Hudson News 1
- 4 B Brookline Booksmith 1
- 5 H Harvard Coop 1
- 6 B Beacon Hill Books & Cafe 1
- 7 H Harvard Book Store 1
- 8 H Harrison's Comics 1
- 9 L Lovestruck Books 1
- 10 N Northeastern University Bookstore 1
- 11 A An Unlikely Story 1
- 12 P Pandemonium Books & Games 1
- 13 P Posman Books 1
- 14 P Porter Square Books 1
- 15 U Used Book Superstore 1
- 16 W Wellesley Books 1
- 17 J Jetpack Comics 1
- 18 T The Concord Bookshop 1
- 19 H Hummingbird Books 1
- 20 S Stairway to Heaven Comics 1
- 21 L Landmark News and Convenience 1
- 22 B Belmont Books 1
- 23 I I AM Books 1
- 24 J Jabberwocky Books 1
- 25 N Newtonville Books 1
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