Growth
Exchange against its category
The biggest tracked US bookstores 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 Exchange's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q1 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
+2.5% |
| 2 |
E
Exchange
|
+0.9% |
| 3 |
B
Books-A-Million
|
-0.1% |
| 4 |
H
Hudson News
|
-0.1% |
| 5 |
H
Half Price Books
|
-3.8% |
| 6 |
D
Deseret Book
|
-14.1% |
| 7 |
2
2nd & Charles
|
+1.2% |
| 8 |
K
Kinokuniya
|
+1.9% |
| 9 |
N
Newbury Comics
|
+7.1% |
| 10 |
M
Mardel Christian & Education
|
-1.7% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
16 tracked Exchange locations across 10 US states.
Tracked stores by state
- Florida 4
- Georgia 3
- Alaska 2
- Louisiana 1
- Montana 1
- North Carolina 1
- New Jersey 1
- Texas 1
- Utah 1
- Virginia 1
Customer overlap
Who shops at Exchange
Tracked chains Exchange customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.
F
Fort Liberty North Commissary
100
F
Fort Stewart Commissary
80
M
McGuire Commissary
76
McGuire Commissary
76
A
Anchorage MEPS
63
F
Fort Eisenhower Commissary
54
F
Fort Gregg-Adams Commissary
54
Fort Gregg-Adams Commissary
54
B
Bragg Pawn Shop
53
D
DeCA Fort Wainwright Commissary
48
M
MacDill AFB
40
D
Dryden Properties
39
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