Growth
Martin the Newsagent against its category
The biggest tracked UK bookstore chains by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks Martin the Newsagent's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
W
WHSmith
|
-9.8% |
| 2 |
W
Waterstones
|
+15.1% |
| 3 | H Hillingdon News | - |
| 4 | H H R S Newsagent | - |
| 5 |
I
Indigo
|
- |
| 6 |
T
Travelling Man
|
- |
| 7 | B Birmingham Books | - |
| 8 | H Havant | -0.9% |
| 9 | S Sackville News | -11.6% |
| 10 |
T
TGJones
|
- |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
19 tracked Martin the Newsagent locations across 7 of the UK's 12 regions and nations.
Tracked stores by region
- South West 6
- South East 5
- North West 4
- East Midlands 1
- East of England 1
- Scotland 1
- Wales 1
Customer overlap
Who shops at Martin the Newsagent
Tracked chains Martin the Newsagent customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.
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