Growth
Books Inc. against its category
The biggest tracked US bookstore chains by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks Books Inc.'s share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
+0.3% |
| 2 |
B
Books-A-Million
|
+4.8% |
| 3 |
H
Half Price Books
|
-5.0% |
| 4 |
D
Deseret Book
|
+15.1% |
| 5 |
2
2nd & Charles
|
+9.0% |
| 6 |
K
Kinokuniya
|
-12.3% |
| 7 |
M
Mardel Christian & Education
|
-12.1% |
| 8 |
M
McKay Used Books & CD's
|
-10.0% |
| 9 |
J
Joseph-Beth Booksellers
|
-1.8% |
| 10 |
P
Powell's Books
|
-2.0% |
| 171 | B Books Inc. | +9.4% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
13 tracked Books Inc. locations across 2 US states.
Tracked stores by state
- California 12
- Colorado 1
Customer overlap
Who shops at Books Inc.
Tracked chains Books Inc. customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.
A
Alameda Natural Grocery
100
E
Encinal Market
94
D
Draeger's Market
63
Draeger's Market
63
Z
Zanotto's
57
Zanotto's
57
P
Piazza's Fine Foods
46
Piazza's Fine Foods
46
C
Cal Mart
42
A
Andronico's Community Markets
41
Andronico's Community Markets
41
I
Island Savoy Market
38
S
Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
37
D
Dan's Fresh Produce
35
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