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. Newbury Comics and Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
N
Newbury Comics
|
- | -0.5% |
| 2 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | -2.6% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Newbury Comics
- NewsLink
- Hudson News
- Brookline Booksmith
- Harvard Coop
- Beacon Hill Books & Cafe
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
55 tracked store locations in Massachusetts. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (17)
- Newbury Comics (10)
- NewsLink (1)
- Hudson News (1)
- Brookline Booksmith (1)
- Harvard Coop (1)
- Beacon Hill Books & Cafe (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
B
Barnes & Noble 17
-
2
N
Newbury Comics 10
-
3
N
NewsLink 1
-
4
H
Hudson News 1
- 5 B Brookline Booksmith 1
- 6 H Harvard Coop 1
- 7 B Beacon Hill Books & Cafe 1
- 8 H Harvard Book Store 1
- 9 U UMass Store 1
- 10 H Harrison's Comics 1
- 11 L Lovestruck Books 1
- 12 N Northeastern University Bookstore 1
- 13 A An Unlikely Story 1
- 14 P Pandemonium Books & Games 1
- 15 P Posman Books 1
- 16 P Porter Square Books 1
- 17 U Used Book Superstore 1
- 18 W Wellesley Books 1
- 19 T That's Entertainment 1
- 20 T The Concord Bookshop 1
- 21 H Hummingbird Books 1
- 22 N Nantucket Bookworks 1
- 23 L Landmark News and Convenience 1
- 24 B Belmont Books 1
- 25 E Edgartown Books 1
- 26 E Eight Cousins Books 1
- 27 I I AM Books 1
- 28 J Jabberwocky Books 1
- 29 M Mitchell's Book Corner 1
- 30 N Newtonville Books 1
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