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. New Dimension Comics and Half Price Books sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N New Dimension Comics | - | -0.4% |
| 2 |
H
Half Price Books
|
- | -1.9% |
| 3 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | -5.0% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Hudson News
- Half Price Books
- New Dimension Comics
- Posman Books
- University of Pittsburgh Health Book Center
- SGA Bookstore
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
45 tracked store locations in Pittsburgh, PA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (8)
- Hudson News (1)
- Half Price Books (3)
- New Dimension Comics (4)
- Posman Books (1)
- University of Pittsburgh Health Book Center (1)
- SGA Bookstore (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
B
Barnes & Noble 8
- 2 N New Dimension Comics 4
-
3
H
Half Price Books 3
- 4 P Phantom of the Attic 2
- 5 B Blythe Books and Fine Gifts 1
- 6 M McKnight Sales Co. 1
- 7 T The Plot Twist Co 1
- 8 G Geekadrome 1
- 9 B Big Bang Comics and Collectibles 1
-
10
B
Books-A-Million 1
- 11 S Secret Manga Shop 1
- 12 C Caliban Book Shop 1
- 13 B Beyond Bedtime Books 1
- 14 S Seton Hill University Bookstore 1
- 15 M Mystery Lovers Bookshop 1
- 16 S Spark Books 1
- 17 M Majesty Christian Book and Gift 1
- 18 P Penguin Bookshop 1
- 19 S Stay Gold Books 1
- 20 C Cal U Student Bookstore 1
- 21 E Eide's Entertainment 1
- 22 A Amazing Books & Records 1
- 23 C CNN Newsstand 1
- 24 P Pittsburgh Comics 1
- 25 C Carnegie Mellon Bookstore 1
- 26 T The Gaming Dungeon 1
- 27 R Riverstone Books 1
- 28 W White Whale Bookstore 1
- 29 S SGA Bookstore 1
- 30 U University of Pittsburgh Health Book Center 1
- 31 P Posman Books 1
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32
H
Hudson News 1
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