Trends · data through September 2026

Women's Contemporary in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Iceflower tracks 232 stores from 132 women's contemporary chains in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Express grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Lucky Brand and J.Crew.

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
132
Tracked stores
232
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked women's contemporary 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. Express and Lucky Brand sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 E Express logo Express - +19.2%
2 L Lucky Brand logo Lucky Brand ▲3 +14.4%
3 J J.Crew logo J.Crew - +13.8%
4 T Theory ▲1 +13.4%
5 E Express Factory Outlet logo Express Factory Outlet ▲1 +9.4%
6 M Madewell logo Madewell ▲1 +6.9%
7 S Scout & Molly's ▲2 +5.3%
8 V Vineyard Vines logo Vineyard Vines ▲3 +2.2%
9 B Banana Republic logo Banana Republic - +0.9%
10 S Sport Nation ▲2 +0.4%
11 S South Moon Under ▲3 -2.1%
12 D David's Bridal logo David's Bridal ▲2 -11.1%
13 L Lilly Pulitzer logo Lilly Pulitzer ▲1 -13.5%
14 T Torrid logo Torrid ▼1 -33.8%
15 F Francesca's logo Francesca's ▼2 -44.2%
  • Express
  • Aritzia
  • J.Crew
  • Banana Republic
  • Express Factory Outlet
  • Madewell
  • Altar'd State
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

232 tracked store locations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Express (11)
  • Aritzia (2)
  • J.Crew (15)
  • Banana Republic (7)
  • Express Factory Outlet (4)
  • Madewell (6)
  • Altar'd State (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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