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.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
W
Waterstones
|
- | +1.7% |
| 2 |
W
WHSmith
|
- | -11.6% |
- WHSmith
- Hillingdon News
- Waterstones
- Hari News
- Ark Newsagents
- The News Hut
- Ari's News
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
77 tracked store locations in Slough and Heathrow. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- WHSmith (36)
- Hillingdon News (1)
- Waterstones (11)
- Hari News (1)
- Ark Newsagents (1)
- The News Hut (1)
- Ari's News (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
W
-
2
W
- 3 N Newswey 1
- 4 S Sewells Newsagents 1
- 5 D Doddle Andrews Newsagents Northwood 1
- 6 D Dowsetts 1
- 7 S S & K News 1
- 8 S Sai News 1
- 9 T The Kew Bookshop 1
- 10 A A. M. Newsagents 1
- 11 S Shepperton News & Wine 1
- 12 M Modis Newsagent & Off Licence 1
- 13 B Broad Street Extra 1
- 14 N Nike News 1
- 15 T The Boston News 1
- 16 S Sweet Price 1
- 17 P Pollingtons 1
- 18 S Stuarts Newagents 1
- 19 U Universal Food & Wine 1
- 20 W Weybridge News 1
- 21 T TG Jones 1
- 22 K Kendall's News 1
- 23 U Upper Halliford News 1
- 24 A Al-Jannah Books 1
- 25 T Trelawney News 1
- 26 Y York Food & Wine 1
- 27 F Fone & Vape Off Licence 1
- 28 A Ari's News 1
- 29 T The News Hut 1
- 30 A Ark Newsagents 1
- 31 H Hari News 1
- 32 H Hillingdon News 1
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