Trends · data through September 2026

Retail trends in Cambridge

Iceflower tracks 360 stores from 221 retail chains in Cambridge. CeX grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Clarks and The Entertainer.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
221
Tracked stores
360
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked retail 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. CeX and Clarks sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C CeX logo CeX ▲2 +18.3%
2 C Clarks logo Clarks ▲1 +15.5%
3 T The Entertainer logo The Entertainer - +15.5%
4 H Home Bargains ▲1 +14.4%
5 T The Works logo The Works - +12.5%
6 T TK Maxx logo TK Maxx ▲2 +12.0%
7 C Currys logo Currys ▲2 +11.2%
8 W Waterstones logo Waterstones - +10.2%
9 P Pets Corner logo Pets Corner - +10.1%
10 C Card Factory logo Card Factory - +9.4%
11 S Savers logo Savers ▲2 +7.8%
12 P Poundland logo Poundland - +6.4%
13 T Toolstation UK logo Toolstation UK - +5.6%
14 B B&Q logo B&Q ▲1 +5.4%
15 N Next logo Next ▲1 +5.2%
  • Hardware Store
  • Bookstore
  • Pet Store
  • Gift Shop
  • Art Craft Hobby Store
  • Specialty Store
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

360 tracked store locations in Cambridge, colored by category.

  • Hardware Store (30)
  • Bookstore (27)
  • Pet Store (26)
  • Gift Shop (22)
  • Art Craft Hobby Store (18)
  • Specialty Store (16)
  • Vape & Tobacco Shops (16)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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