Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked bookstores 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 Mercury News Shop sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
W
Waterstones
|
- | +15.3% |
| 2 | M Mercury News Shop | - | +14.2% |
| 3 |
W
WHSmith
|
- | -14.4% |
- WHSmith
- Waterstones
- Forbidden Planet
- J Scattergood & Sons
- Mercury News Shop
- Harper's Newshound
- Lutterworth News
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
38 tracked store locations in Leicester. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- WHSmith (7)
- Waterstones (4)
- Forbidden Planet (1)
- J Scattergood & Sons (1)
- Mercury News Shop (3)
- Harper's Newshound (1)
- Lutterworth News (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
W
WHSmith 7
-
2
W
Waterstones 4
- 3 M Mercury News Shop 3
- 4 C Coalville News and Off-licence 1
- 5 A Asfordby News 1
- 6 F Fosse Express 1
- 7 K Keya News 1
- 8 J J C Mini Market 1
- 9 C Carillon News 1
- 10 N Narborough Road Newsagents 1
- 11 B B And S News 1
- 12 S SMS News & Booze 1
- 13 W Whetstone News 1
- 14 B Benos Stores 1
- 15 J JJ News 1
- 16 S Shepshed News & Booze 1
- 17 P Peartree Stores 1
- 18 N News Shop 1
- 19 S S&D Enterprise 1
- 20 C Corner News 1
- 21 T Twins News 1
- 22 N Narborough General Store 1
- 23 H Huncote News 1
- 24 L Lutterworth News 1
- 25 H Harper's Newshound 1
- 26 J J Scattergood & Sons 1
- 27 F Forbidden Planet 1
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