Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked bookstore 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. WHSmith and Waterstones sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
W
WHSmith
|
- | +1.2% |
| 2 |
W
Waterstones
|
- | -5.1% |
- WHSmith
- Waterstones
- Shawlands News
- Craigend Newsagents
- Cessnock Newsagent
- News 24
- TGJones
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
41 tracked store locations in Glasgow. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- WHSmith (12)
- Waterstones (8)
- Shawlands News (1)
- Craigend Newsagents (1)
- Cessnock Newsagent (1)
- News 24 (1)
- TGJones (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
W
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2
W
- 3 S Shawlands News 1
- 4 C Craigend Newsagents 1
- 5 C Cessnock Newsagent 1
- 6 N News 24 1
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7
T
TGJones 1
- 8 C Castle Comics 1
- 9 S Sweet Choices 1
- 10 L Lambhill Dairy 1
- 11 B Biggins U-Save 1
- 12 B Bagla Newsagent 1
- 13 R RF News 1
- 14 B Barras Newsagents 1
- 15 N Nab Store 1
- 16 S Scotia Books 1
- 17 S Sauchiehall St News 1
- 18 S Shop Plus Newsagents 1
- 19 C Castle Newsagent 1
- 20 A Adams Newsagents 1
- 21 R Ruchazie News 1
- 22 B Barrett 1
- 23 L Livingstone's Newsagents 1
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