Trends · data through September 2026

Women's Contemporary in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Iceflower tracks 349 stores from 201 women's contemporary chains in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Express grew fastest over the last year, ahead of J.Crew and Express Factory Outlet.

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
201
Tracked stores
349
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked women's contemporary 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. Express and J.Crew sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 E Express logo Express - +6.3%
2 J J.Crew logo J.Crew ▲1 +4.4%
3 E Express Factory Outlet logo Express Factory Outlet ▲2 +4.4%
4 V Valentina ▲1 +0.5%
5 B Banana Republic logo Banana Republic ▲1 -0.3%
6 D Dry Goods ▲1 -1.7%
7 M Madewell logo Madewell ▲1 -11.8%
8 D David's Bridal logo David's Bridal - -16.1%
9 V Vineyard Vines logo Vineyard Vines ▲1 -16.8%
10 F Francesca's logo Francesca's - -17.0%
11 A Altar'd State logo Altar'd State ▼1 -30.1%
12 A Anthropologie logo Anthropologie ▼2 -31.1%
13 T Torrid logo Torrid ▼2 -34.7%
14 L Lucky Brand logo Lucky Brand - -43.2%
15 F Free People logo Free People ▼3 -55.7%
  • Aritzia
  • Express
  • J.Crew
  • Banana Republic
  • Anthropologie
  • Francesca's
  • Uncharted Stores
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

349 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Aritzia (7)
  • Express (20)
  • J.Crew (15)
  • Banana Republic (12)
  • Anthropologie (14)
  • Francesca's (14)
  • Uncharted Stores (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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