Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked bookstores 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. Waterstones and WHSmith sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
W
Waterstones
|
- | +7.9% |
| 2 |
W
WHSmith
|
- | -4.5% |
- WHSmith
- Waterstones
- News 24
- Forbidden Planet
- Craigend Newsagents
- Cessnock Newsagent
- Shawlands News
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
40 tracked store locations in Glasgow. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- WHSmith (12)
- Waterstones (8)
- News 24 (1)
- Forbidden Planet (1)
- Craigend Newsagents (1)
- Cessnock Newsagent (1)
- Shawlands News (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
W
WHSmith 12
-
2
W
Waterstones 8
- 3 N News 24 1
- 4 F Forbidden Planet 1
- 5 C Craigend Newsagents 1
- 6 C Cessnock Newsagent 1
- 7 S Shawlands News 1
- 8 C Castle Comics 1
- 9 B Barrett 1
- 10 L Lambhill Dairy 1
- 11 B Barras Newsagents 1
- 12 S Scotia Books 1
- 13 S Shop Plus Newsagents 1
- 14 B Bagla Newsagent 1
- 15 R RF News 1
- 16 B Biggins U-Save 1
- 17 S Sauchiehall St News 1
- 18 N Nab Store 1
- 19 L Livingstone's Newsagents 1
- 20 T TGJones 1
- 21 R Ruchazie News 1
- 22 S Sweet Choices 1
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