Trends · data through July 2026

Retail trends in Cambridge

Iceflower tracks 278 stores from 155 retail chains in Cambridge. Argos grew fastest over the last year, ahead of TK Maxx and B&Q.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
155
Tracked stores
278
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked retail 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. Argos and TK Maxx sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A Argos ▲3 +17.9%
2 T TK Maxx logo TK Maxx ▲2 +14.4%
3 B B&Q ▲1 +11.3%
4 N Next ▲1 +11.0%
5 W Waterstones logo Waterstones ▲2 +8.4%
6 T The Works ▲1 +5.5%
7 C Card Factory ▲1 +3.5%
8 J John Lewis - +2.7%
9 H H&M logo H&M ▲1 +2.0%
10 S Savers ▲2 +1.0%
11 T Tesco Mobile - -2.9%
12 H Home Bargains ▲1 -4.3%
13 T The Entertainer ▼1 -5.2%
14 W WHSmith logo WHSmith ▲2 -6.4%
15 C Currys - -8.1%
  • Clothing Store
  • Discount Store
  • Bookstore
  • Pet Store
  • Hardware Store
  • Home Improvement Center
  • Gift Shop
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

278 tracked store locations in Cambridge, colored by category.

  • Clothing Store (36)
  • Discount Store (29)
  • Bookstore (25)
  • Pet Store (21)
  • Hardware Store (18)
  • Home Improvement Center (15)
  • Gift Shop (15)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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