Trends · data through September 2026

Women's Contemporary in Illinois

Iceflower tracks 422 stores from 249 women's contemporary chains in Illinois. Express grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Express Factory Outlet and J.Crew.

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
249
Tracked stores
422
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked women's contemporary 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. Express and Express Factory Outlet sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 E Express logo Express - +12.2%
2 E Express Factory Outlet logo Express Factory Outlet ▲1 +6.3%
3 J J.Crew logo J.Crew ▲1 +3.3%
4 V Valentina - +1.7%
5 B Banana Republic logo Banana Republic ▲1 +0.9%
6 D Dry Goods - -0.6%
7 M Madewell logo Madewell ▲1 -10.8%
8 D David's Bridal logo David's Bridal ▲1 -12.9%
9 G Glik's logo Glik's - -14.9%
10 V Vineyard Vines logo Vineyard Vines - -15.8%
11 F Francesca's logo Francesca's - -17.2%
12 A Altar'd State logo Altar'd State - -21.7%
13 A Anthropologie logo Anthropologie ▼2 -30.3%
14 F Free People logo Free People ▼1 -38.6%
15 L Lucky Brand logo Lucky Brand - -42.5%
  • Aritzia
  • Express
  • J.Crew
  • Banana Republic
  • Anthropologie
  • Francesca's
  • Altar'd State
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

422 tracked store locations in Illinois. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Aritzia (7)
  • Express (23)
  • J.Crew (16)
  • Banana Republic (12)
  • Anthropologie (14)
  • Francesca's (16)
  • Altar'd State (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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