Trends · data through September 2026

Teen & Young Adult Apparel in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Iceflower tracks 43 stores from 12 teen & young adult apparel chains in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. Buckle grew fastest over the last year, ahead of American Eagle and Aéropostale.

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
12
Tracked stores
43
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked teen & young adult apparel 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. Buckle and American Eagle sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Buckle logo Buckle ▲1 +19.1%
2 A American Eagle logo American Eagle - +6.7%
3 A Aéropostale logo Aéropostale - +1.6%
4 H Hot Topic logo Hot Topic - +1.1%
5 P PacSun logo PacSun - -5.9%
6 S Spencer's logo Spencer's - -11.0%
7 Z Zumiez logo Zumiez ▼1 -18.8%
  • American Eagle
  • PacSun
  • Aéropostale
  • Garage
  • Spencer's
  • Hot Topic
  • Hollister Co.
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

43 tracked store locations in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • American Eagle (7)
  • PacSun (4)
  • Aéropostale (5)
  • Garage (1)
  • Spencer's (8)
  • Hot Topic (6)
  • Hollister Co. (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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