Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked gift shop 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. Hallmark and Showcase sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hallmark | - | +9.3% |
| 2 | Showcase | - | +4.7% |
| 3 | The Paper Store | - | +0.9% |
| 4 | Cardsmart | - | -56.9% |
- The Paper Store
- Official Red Sox Team Store
- Moons Gift Shop
- New England Collections
- New England Collection
- Hallmark
- Twilight House
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
117 tracked store locations in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 49 of the 117 stores (42%); 58 of the 68 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked retail stores here are gift shops, the same share as across Massachusetts.
- The Paper Store (34)
- Official Red Sox Team Store (1)
- Moons Gift Shop (1)
- New England Collections (1)
- New England Collection (1)
- Hallmark (4)
- Twilight House (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 The Paper Store 34
- 2 Showcase 5
- 3 Cardsmart 4
- 4 Hallmark 4
- 5 Miniso 2
- 6 Earthbound Trading Co. 2
- 7 Best of Boston 2
- 8 Partridge in a Bear Tree 2
- 9 Topdrawer 2
- 10 Good Dog Gallery 2
- 11 Baseball Etc 1
- 12 Seacoast Sports Cards 1
- 13 Arlington Centered 1
- 14 The Merchant 1
- 15 Gift Shop at Boston Childrens Hospital 1
- 16 Marblehead Mercantile 1
- 17 Museum of Fine Arts Boston 1
- 18 Hits and Holos 1
- 19 The Black Veil 1
- 20 Danforth Pewter Portsmouth 1
- 21 Official Red Sox Team Store 1
- 22 Oak + Moss 1
- 23 Anime Zakka 1
- 24 NK Smoke Shop 1
- 25 Juel & Company 1
- 26 The Book Outlet 1
- 27 Black Cat Curiosity Shoppe 1
- 28 Carmelite Gift Shop 1
- 29 Lori's Gifts 1
- 30 Underground Express 1
- 31 King Lewis Engraving & Gifts 1
- 32 Old North Church Gift Shop 1
- 33 Beach Bums 1
- 34 Harry Potter Shop 1
- 35 Coon's Card & Gift Shop 1
- 36 Gifted 1
- 37 The Happy Cactus 1
- 38 The Sweetbay Shop 1
- 39 Travel Traders 1
- 40 Moons Gift Shop 1
- 41 New England Collections 1
- 42 New England Collection 1
- 43 Twilight House 1
- 44 Card Czar 1
- 45 Trolley Depot 1
- 46 Buttonwood Books & Toys 1
- 47 Boston Tops 1
- 48 Crow Haven Corner 1
- 49 Diamond King Sports Cards 1
- 50 On Centre 1
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