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.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | +6.1% |
- Barnes & Noble
- Hudson News
- 2nd & Charles
- Comic Kings
- Atomic Comics Emporium I
- Local Heroes
- Heaven & Earth
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
36 tracked store locations in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (6)
- Hudson News (1)
- 2nd & Charles (2)
- Comic Kings (1)
- Atomic Comics Emporium I (1)
- Local Heroes (1)
- Heaven & Earth (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
B
Barnes & Noble 6
-
2
2
2nd & Charles 2
- 3 H Heaven & Earth 2
- 4 B Book Exchange 2
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5
A
Atlantis Games & Comics 2
- 6 P Paperbacks Ink 1
- 7 J Jeannie's Used Books 1
- 8 C Comic Cubicle 1
- 9 Y Yorktown Bookshop 1
- 10 Z Zeno's Books 1
- 11 S SeeWhich Books 1
- 12 B Beach Books 1
- 13 C Captains Locker 1
- 14 J JMJ Catholic Books and Articles 1
- 15 H House of Consciousness 1
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16
N
Novel Grounds 1
- 17 I Island Bookstore 1
- 18 P Prince Books 1
- 19 S Smith Discount Books 1
- 20 W World's Best Comics 1
- 21 T The Book Exchange 1
- 22 H Hampton University Collegiate Bookstore 1
-
23
B
Books-A-Million 1
- 24 L Local Heroes 1
- 25 A Atomic Comics Emporium I 1
- 26 C Comic Kings 1
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27
H
Hudson News 1
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