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. Waterstones and WHSmith sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
W
Waterstones
|
- | +13.9% |
| 2 |
W
WHSmith
|
- | -13.8% |
- WHSmith
- Waterstones
- Plaza News & Homestore
- Scotts
- Topping & Company Booksellers
- Blackwell's
- Armchair Books
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
41 tracked store locations in Edinburgh. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- WHSmith (8)
- Waterstones (5)
- Plaza News & Homestore (1)
- Scotts (2)
- Topping & Company Booksellers (1)
- Blackwell's (1)
- Armchair Books (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
W
-
2
W
-
3
S
Scotts 2
- 4 F Ferry Road Newsagents 1
- 5 B Buckstone Newsagent 1
- 6 L Longniddry Village Shop 1
- 7 F Fisherrow Newsagents 1
- 8 T Town & City Newsagents 1
- 9 C Cornerstone Book Shop 1
- 10 P Portobello Bookshop 1
- 11 E Edinburgh Books 1
- 12 A Albert Stores Newsagent 1
- 13 N Nadeem Store 1
- 14 T The Portobello Bookshop 1
- 15 G Golden Hare Books 1
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16
T
TGJones 1
- 17 L Lighthouse Bookshop 1
- 18 S Sahib Stores 1
- 19 T The Last Word 1
- 20 R Restalrig Villiage Shop 1
- 21 T The Edinburgh Bookshop 1
- 22 G Gilmerton Newsagent 1
- 23 C Cockenzie News 1
- 24 M McNews 1
- 25 B Book Lovers Bookshop 1
- 26 A Armchair Books 1
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27
B
Blackwell's 1
-
28
T
Topping & Company Booksellers 1
- 29 P Plaza News & Homestore 1
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