Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked bookstore 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. Heaven & Earth and Barnes & Noble sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | H Heaven & Earth | - | +3.5% |
| 2 |
B
Barnes & Noble
|
- | -0.4% |
- Barnes & Noble
- 2nd & Charles
- Comic Kings
- Atomic Comics Emporium I
- Local Heroes
- Heaven & Earth
- Atlantis Games & Comics
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
50 tracked store locations in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Barnes & Noble (6)
- 2nd & Charles (2)
- Comic Kings (1)
- Atomic Comics Emporium I (1)
- Local Heroes (1)
- Heaven & Earth (3)
- Atlantis Games & Comics (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
B
- 2 H Heaven & Earth 3
-
3
2
2nd & Charles 2
-
4
A
Atlantis Games & Comics 2
- 5 B Book Exchange 2
- 6 C Comic Kings 1
- 7 C Comic Cubicle 1
- 8 P Paperbacks Ink 1
- 9 J Jeannie's Used Books 1
- 10 E Eleanor's Norfolk 1
- 11 A Amazing Fantasy Comics 1
- 12 B Book Owl Bookstore 1
- 13 O Old Dominion University Bookstore 1
- 14 T The Full Cup 1
- 15 T Trilogy Comics 1
- 16 T The Way We Were Bookshop 1
- 17 H Heroes and Villains 1
- 18 T The Printed Word Bookstore 1
- 19 T The Big Free Bookstore 1
- 20 M Moore Expressions 1
- 21 D Dog Eared Books 1
- 22 R Read Books 1
- 23 M Matthews EVMS Bookstore 1
- 24 A Atomic Comics Emporium I 1
- 25 L Local Heroes 1
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26
B
Books-A-Million 1
- 27 T The Book Exchange 1
- 28 W World's Best Comics 1
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29
N
Novel Grounds 1
- 30 P Prince Books 1
- 31 S Smith Discount Books 1
- 32 I Island Bookstore 1
- 33 H Hampton University Collegiate Bookstore 1
- 34 S SeeWhich Books 1
- 35 C Captains Locker 1
- 36 H House of Consciousness 1
- 37 J JMJ Catholic Books and Articles 1
- 38 B Beach Books 1
- 39 Z Zeno's Books 1
- 40 Y Yorktown Bookshop 1
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