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 Hot Topic sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Buckle
|
▲2 | +8.1% |
| 2 |
H
Hot Topic
|
- | +7.7% |
| 3 |
A
Aéropostale
|
- | +5.4% |
| 4 |
A
American Eagle
|
- | +2.0% |
| 5 |
P
PacSun
|
- | -0.7% |
| 6 |
H
Hollister Co.
|
- | -6.6% |
| 7 |
S
Spencer's
|
▼2 | -7.0% |
| 8 |
Z
Zumiez
|
- | -12.1% |
| 9 |
U
Urban Outfitters
|
- | -81.4% |
- American Eagle
- Buckle
- PacSun
- Spencer's
- Aéropostale
- Hot Topic
- Zumiez
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
148 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- American Eagle (29)
- Buckle (13)
- PacSun (15)
- Spencer's (21)
- Aéropostale (15)
- Hot Topic (15)
- Zumiez (13)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
A
-
2
S
-
3
P
-
4
A
-
5
H
-
6
B
-
7
Z
-
8
H
-
9
R
rue21 8
-
10
U
-
11
G
Garage 2
-
12
T
Tillys 2
-
13
A
Abercrombie & Fitch 2
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