Trends · data through September 2026

Gift Shops in New York

Iceflower tracks 314 stores from 235 gift shop chains in New York. Cardsmart grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Showcase and Rainbow Zen.

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
235
Tracked stores
314
Consumer panel
130M+

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. Cardsmart and Showcase sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Cardsmart - +7.2%
2 Showcase - -6.2%
3 Rainbow Zen - -8.0%
4 Miniso - -9.1%
5 The Paper Store - -9.9%
6 Earthbound Trading Co. - -13.6%
  • Resorts World Casino
  • Phantom of Broadway
  • POP Mart
  • Miniso
  • Hallmark
  • Wit's End Giftique
  • Gretchen's Hallmark Shop
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

314 tracked store locations in New York. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 57 of the 314 stores (18%); 215 of the 235 tracked chains have a single store here. 2% of the tracked retail stores here are gift shops, the same share as across the United States.

  • Resorts World Casino (1)
  • Phantom of Broadway (4)
  • POP Mart (1)
  • Miniso (6)
  • Hallmark (29)
  • Wit's End Giftique (1)
  • Gretchen's Hallmark Shop (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Hallmark 29
  • 2 Showcase 8
  • 3 The Paper Store 7
  • 4 Cardsmart 7
  • 5 Miniso 6
  • 6 Rainbow Zen 5
  • 7 Phantom of Broadway 4
  • 8 Earthbound Trading Co. 4
  • 9 As Seen On TV 3
  • 10 Gift Shop 3
  • 11 Gretchen's Hallmark Shop 3
  • 12 Lockwood 2
  • 13 Gretchen's Hallmark 2
  • 14 Modern State 2
  • 15 The Modern Chemist 2
  • 16 The Trading Post 2
  • 17 The Nest Egg 2
  • 18 Springside Farm 2
  • 19 Artique 2
  • 20 The Evolution Store 1
  • 21 Hudson River Trading Company 1
  • 22 The Za Spot 1
  • 23 Lakeview Trading Company 1
  • 24 Al's House of Sportscards 1
  • 25 Grapevine Farms 1
  • 26 Lockwood Paper 1
  • 27 The Gift Shop @ 1275 1
  • 28 Pioneer Sports Cards 1
  • 29 paradise Island 1
  • 30 Gifts & Electronics 1
  • 31 Double D Discoveries 1
  • 32 Tibetan Arts and Crafts 1
  • 33 Undiscovered Realm 1
  • 34 Coney Island Beach Shop 1
  • 35 Fabulous Boutique 1
  • 36 Niagara Sports Cards 1
  • 37 Otaku Empire 1
  • 38 Smitty's Coins and Currency East 1
  • 39 The Adirondack Store 1
  • 40 Souvenirs & Gifts 1
  • 41 Ye Olde Gift Shoppe 1
  • 42 Adirondack Trading 1
  • 43 Babs Home and Pantry 1
  • 44 Mandala Tibetan Store 1
  • 45 Montauk Corner Store 1
  • 46 Vitrix Hot Glass Studio 1
  • 47 Astro West 1
  • 48 Premier Engraved Gifts & Awards 1
  • 49 Ballgame Heroes 1
  • 50 Tipperary at Tara 1

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