Trends · data through July 2026

Retail trends in Wolverhampton and Walsall

Iceflower tracks 351 stores from 207 retail chains in Wolverhampton and Walsall. Wickes grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Waterstones and Poundstretcher.

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
207
Tracked stores
351
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked retail 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. Wickes and Waterstones sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 W Wickes logo Wickes ▲1 +17.0%
2 W Waterstones logo Waterstones ▲1 +16.5%
3 P Poundstretcher ▲2 +15.4%
4 T Toolstation UK ▲2 +14.3%
5 M Matalan ▲2 +12.4%
6 C Currys - +9.1%
7 N New Look logo New Look ▼1 +7.5%
8 T TK Maxx logo TK Maxx - +7.5%
9 C CeX ▼1 +6.3%
10 J JD Sports logo JD Sports ▼1 +3.2%
11 C Card Factory - +1.2%
12 S Screwfix logo Screwfix - -0.3%
13 A Argos ▲1 -0.8%
14 B B&M Stores - -1.4%
15 H Home Bargains - -3.6%

Store footprint

Store map

351 tracked store locations in Wolverhampton and Walsall, colored by category.

  • Discount Store (58)
  • Clothing Store (41)
  • Hardware Store (23)
  • Specialty Store (22)
  • Home Improvement Center (21)
  • Shoe Store (19)
  • Bookstore (17)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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