Growth
Dobbies against its category
The biggest tracked UK specialty stores chains by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks Dobbies's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q1 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
W
|
+5.2% |
| 2 | B Boots Hearingcare | -0.6% |
| 3 | T The Perfume Shop | -20.3% |
| 4 | C Cardzone | - |
| 5 | T The Fragrance Shop | -0.8% |
| 6 | C Clarins Boots | +3.2% |
| 7 | D Dobbies | -17.2% |
| 8 |
A
|
+4.2% |
| 9 | F Furniture123 | +8.5% |
| 10 | S Semichem | +5.6% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
69 tracked Dobbies locations across 12 of the UK's 12 regions and nations.
Tracked stores by region
- Scotland 12
- South East 10
- West Midlands 8
- East Midlands 7
- North West 7
- South West 7
- East of England 6
- North East 5
- London 2
- Northern Ireland 2
- Yorkshire and The Humber 2
- Wales 1
Customer overlap
Who shops at Dobbies
Tracked chains Dobbies customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.
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