Chain · United States · data through July 2026

H Hudson News logo Hudson News

Iceflower tracks 42 Hudson News stores across 23 US states. It ranks #4 of 1,650 tracked US bookstores chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved -0.1% over the last year.

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 stores
42
States
23
Category
Bookstore
Category rank
#4

Growth

Hudson News 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 Hudson News's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q1 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 B Barnes & Noble logo Barnes & Noble +2.5%
2 E Exchange logo Exchange +0.9%
3 B Books-A-Million logo Books-A-Million -0.1%
4 H Hudson News logo Hudson News -0.1%
5 H Half Price Books logo Half Price Books -3.8%
6 D Deseret Book logo Deseret Book -14.1%
7 2 2nd & Charles logo 2nd & Charles +1.2%
8 K Kinokuniya logo Kinokuniya +1.9%
9 N Newbury Comics logo Newbury Comics +7.1%
10 M Mardel Christian & Education logo Mardel Christian & Education -1.7%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 85.9 2024 Q1 2025 Q4

Store footprint

Store map

42 tracked Hudson News locations across 23 US states.

Customer overlap

Who shops at Hudson News

Tracked chains Hudson News customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.

G Giant Eagle logo Giant Eagle 100
G Giant Eagle Market District logo Giant Eagle Market District 94
N Norfolk International Airport logo Norfolk International Airport 74
H Heisler's Market logo Heisler's Market 58
P Pavilions logo Pavilions 56
E Equinox logo Equinox 55

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