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THE NEW YORK CITY EDITION 2026

New York City’s
retail industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping retail in New York City. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

Snapshot: Funding in USD
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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Retail illustration
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore New York City’s retail leaders

24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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Retail company highlights in New York City, snapshot 6 August 2026
Company
Fanaticsfanaticsinc.com$4.93B11 roles18,000
Attentive Mobileattentive.com$1.03B1,185
Back Marketbackmarket.com$1.02B54
Letgoletgo.com$975M201
Harry\'sharrys.com$755.88M431
Delosdelos.com$567.5M199
Rent the Runwayrenttherunway.com$526.35M225
Forterforter.com$525M3
Centric Brandscentricbrands.com12 roles13
KnitWell Groupknitwellgroup.com11 roles7,472Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Macy\'smacys.com11 roles88,857Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Michael Korsmichaelkors.global11 roles14,600$4.44BFYFY2025 filing
Anastasia Beverly Hillsanastasiabeverlyhills.com10 roles188
Marc Jacobsmarcjacobs.com10 roles1,257
Saks Fifth Avenuesaksfifthavenue.com10 roles2,000
1-800-Flowers.com1800flowers.com4,200$1.69BFYFY2025 filing
Aeropostaleaeropostale.com3,020Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
BaldorFoodbaldorfood.com1,444
Creative Realitiescri.com120$57.23MFYFY2025 filing
Entrupyentrupy.com64Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Foot Lockerfootlocker.com15,200
Keecokeecohome.com1,872
Mulberrygetmulberry.com72
PAT McGRATH LABSpatmcgrath.com1,800
24 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

Company discovery

Recorded evidence only
THE KEY SIGNALS

Retail industry KPIs in New York City

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

6 August 2026
Hiring participation6.7%

238 of 3,530 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation20.9%

738 of 3,530 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share25.2%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$4.5M

Midpoint of 1,010 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 25.2% of disclosed capital, while 79.1% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How New York City retail has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

New York City retail
$0$2.04B$4.08B$6.12B$8.15B2016: $1.13B20162017: $2.64B20172018: $2.1B20182019: $1.46B20192020: $2.68B20202021: $7.15B20212022: $3.55B20222023: $791.84M20232024: $413M20242025: $567.54M2025
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Annual retail funding and company formation in New York City
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$1.13B19494
2017$2.64B19197
2018$2.1B22399
2019$1.46B21292
2020$2.68B20789
2021$7.15B187130
2022$3.55B148110
2023$791.84M11983
2024$413M8756
2025$567.54M1237
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Fanatics17.8%
  • Attentive Mobile3.7%
  • Back Market3.7%
  • Other companies74.8%

Funding by stage

1,213 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel513 42.3%
Series A–B446 36.8%
Series C+ / PE148 12.2%
Grants, debt & other106 8.7%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
8 rounds

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Series B05/2026
RADAR $170M

Backed by Gideon Strategic Partners and Nimble Partners and others.

Series B04/2026
Bluefish Labs $43M

Backed by Threshold and New Enterprise Associates and others.

Series A04/2026
Chord $7M

Backed by Equal Ventures and M13 Company and others.

Series A03/2026
Starface World $105M

Backed by Asto Consumer Partners and Align Ventures.

Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
10 cards

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Series D12/2016
Delosdelos.com$355.68M

Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.

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USD · millions · consolidated

Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.

FY2025 · company accounts; aggregate reporting threshold not met · 6 reporting entities from 18 eligible matches.

Revenue in covered accounts

Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not New York City market sales.

Net profit / loss

Combined result for the same cohort.

Aggregate net margin

Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.

Median company revenue

The middle covered reporting entity.

Profitable entities

None of 6 covered entities.

Top-five concentration

Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.

Annual account trend

Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.

Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.

Profitability has two perspectives

FY2025 · 6 reporting entities

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NEW YORK CITY · INDUSTRY COHORTS

How does retail compare?

Each pair uses the same year, currency and reporting basis. Cohort overlap is disclosed.

IndustryCovered / eligibleRevenue totalMedian revenueNet profit / lossAggregate marginProfitable shareOverlap

Available-account cohorts are not estimates of whole industries. Overlapping entities can occur in more than one cohort; do not add cohort totals.

Coverage, calculations & financial sources

Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.

The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.

Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the New York City companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Busiest websites

193 of the 3,530 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (5.5%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 327,686 visits.

CompanyMonthly visitsAuthorityMobile
Macy\'smacys.com55,535,4218867.9%
Barnes & Noblebarnesandnoble.com21,618,0148272.4%
pinchme.compinchme.com19,476,1384899.3%
Scentbirdscentbird.com16,146,6935997.8%
FragranceNet.comfragrancenet.com13,671,8686583.4%
Zolazola.com13,366,9475668.7%
InStyleinstyle.com13,235,9167786.3%
Saks Fifth Avenuesaksfifthavenue.com12,476,7136979.3%
Foot Lockerfootlocker.com11,956,1737077.9%
GlossGeniusglossgenius.com10,987,5986189%

Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.

Most-installed apps

174 of these companies (4.9%) publish at least one Android app — 509 apps in all, carrying 244.3M installs between them.

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q4–2026Q2).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Horizontal E-Commerce13134.4Mletgo: Buy & Sell Used Stuff 128.7M
Mom & Baby Care5427.3MPregnancy Tracker & Baby App 7.9M
Retail Chains1123.4MBarnes & Noble NOOK 12.8M
Pre-K Edtech3818.9MMy Little Pony: Story Creator 6.9M
Consumer Electronics E-Commerce815.3MBack Market - Buy & Sell tech 11.4M
Coupons And Deals1010.9MCoinOut: Receipts for Rewards 4.4M
Internet First Media27.9MHouse of LimeLife Community 4.9K
Fashion Tech246.1MAdore Me Lingerie & Womenswear 2.5M

A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.

Release cadence by quarter

New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.

2023Q2: 62023Q2: 42023Q22023Q3: 72023Q3: 82023Q32023Q4: 112023Q4: 92023Q42024Q1: 92024Q1: 62024Q12024Q2: 72024Q2: 102024Q22024Q3: 82024Q3: 132024Q32024Q4: 92024Q4: 102024Q42025Q1: 92025Q1: 162025Q12025Q2: 62025Q2: 72025Q22025Q3: 72025Q3: 442025Q32025Q4: 42025Q4: 872025Q42026Q1: 72026Q1: 602026Q1

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 483 of 509 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The New York City retail market map

Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Consumer digital1,921
B2c e-commerce1,784
Internet first brands1,014
B2c fashion e-commerce751
Enterprise tech740
Internet first fashion brands567
Commerce enablers507
Enterprise software478
Marketplaces377
Internet first apparel brands309
Saas295
Beauty e-commerce275

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Consumer digital

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

1921companies
6.9%have hiring activity

133 companies hiring · $17.68B disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

E-commerce - product2,249
Subscription959
E-commerce - service723
Commission on transaction498
Advertising444
Physical commerce310
Fee-for-service178
Sponsorship42
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Mergers & acquisitionsskio.com ↗

Skio, a Y Combinator graduate that built a subscription management platform for Shopify merchants, has been acquired for $105 million in an all-cash deal.

Mergers & acquisitionsmagnetic.com ↗

Just two years later, however, Magnetic has exited Newton’s ownership, following a management buy-out.

Mergers & acquisitionsrealmhome.com ↗

According to the report, the merger of OnePlus and Realm is going to be followed by a change within the company.

Funding roundswearshade.com ↗

New York-based Shade develops a private AI-driven file explorer that visually searches and previews terabytes of files.

Mergers & acquisitionsartnet.com ↗

Today, the two platforms will merge under a single management structure: CEO Jeffrey Yin will lead the unified company, while Beowolff Capital founder and CEO Andrew Wolff - a former Goldman Sachs partner who founded Beowolff Capital in 2022 - will serve as chairman.

Mergers & acquisitionsartsy.net ↗

Beowolff Capital’s acquisition of a controlling stake in Artsy

Mergers & acquisitionsperchinteractive.com ↗

Levanta acquired Amazon-focused affiliate marketing software provider Perch to strengthen its performance marketing and e-commerce optimization capabilities.

Mergers & acquisitionsaccelpay.io ↗

ReserveBar acquired AccelPay to enhance its digital commerce and fintech capabilities.

Funding roundsnopalera.co ↗

Nopalera, a San Antonio-based beauty and lifestyle brand, has raised $4 million in funding to accelerate its retail expansion and product development.

Funding roundssousapp.com ↗

Sous, an Amsterdam, The Netherlands-based developer of an AI-driven growth platform for the hospitality industry, raised €4m in seed funding. The investment was led by Seed + Speed Ventures, with participation from PeakBridge, āltitude, Gekko Capital, and angel investors.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 1,442 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Company announcements
376
Earnings
316
Leadership moves
230
Mergers & acquisitions
145
Funding rounds
116
New products
60
Contracts
35
Asset acquisitions
32
Layoffs
30
Lawsuit
28
7 activity cards

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Leadership moves

96 tracked people moves

Supergoop ↗
Lauren Weinberg

Appointment Chief Marketing Officer

VTEX ↗
Rafaela Rezende

Departure Previously Director General for Brazil

Isla Beauty ↗
Luiza Neves

Appointment Head of Business

VTEX ↗
Carol Watanabe

Appointment global vice-presidentship

VTEX ↗
Michel Tauil

Appointment Brazilian B2C solution presidency

Pat McGrath

Resignation Chief Creative Officer

Thom Browne ↗
Sam Lobban

Departure Chief Executive Officer of Thom Browne

Mulberry ↗
Christopher Kane

Appointment Head of Mulberry Ready‑to‑Wear Strategy

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

National Mobile Registry (NMR)

Platform

eSIM platform

Platform

Macy\'s ↗
"Ask Macy\'s"

AI Chatbot

Gift With Purchase (GWP) channel

Retail media solution

Two-Tap™ engagement technology

Mobile and Desktop Engagement Technology

Wunderkind ↗
Wunderkind

AI decisioning platform

OLB Group ↗
iStores AI

eCommerce platform

OXI wallet

Digital asset platform

Workforce actions

16 companies with reported reductions

Artnet ↗

Scale not stated rolescost reduction

Artsy ↗

Scale not stated rolescost reduction

Macy\'s ↗

15.0% rolescost reduction

1,200 rolesbankruptcy restructuring

Glossier ↗

54 rolescost reduction

Food52 ↗

Scale not stated rolesbusiness downturn

Regulatory events

12 recorded events

Foot Locker ↗

approval required for merger

Macy\'s ↗

pending approvallocal and state governments

Artnet ↗

revoked admission of Artnet sharesFrankfurt Stock Exchange

Macy\'s ↗

Rejected buyout offer

Litigation

17 tracked suits

Company
hagens berman v oddity tech

securities fraud; false and misleading statementsClass Action · Filed

Company
Lululemon Athletica v costco wholesale, Jacques Moret

patent infringementCivil · Settled

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

30companies
365period observations
-2.4%median reported growth

Median across 260 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
Northern Star AcquisitionBarkBox ↗Completed2026-06-01$1.6B
MagneticnewtonCompleted2026-05-01Not stated in snapshot
NaSkio ↗Completed2026-05-01$105.0M
newtonMagnetic ↗Completed2026-05-01Not stated in snapshot
rechargeSkio ↗Completed2026-04-30$105.0M
oneplusRealm ↗Announced2026-04-30Not stated in snapshot

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

10,649 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 15,221-posting snapshot covers 366 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Sales Associate1,185
Field Sales Representative515
Assistant Manager362
Regional Sales Associate223
Sales Lead142
Manager, Sales And Customer Service99
5 internship postings

565 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

3,537 postings specify a level.

unspecified
11,684
manager
2,251
senior
660
lead
470
entry
80
intern
76

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 15,221 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Merchandising
309
Pos
269
Sales
250
Excel
239
Python
175
Typescript
144
Word
122
Outlook
101
React
90
Sql
82
ADVERTISED PAY$41.6K/ year

Median across 1,611 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.

Salary by seniority

manager$68.6K/ year292 postings
senior$112.5K/ year74 postings
lead$36.6K/ year78 postings

Advertised posting medians do not describe all employees or roles.

THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

1,869 founders and chief executives across 1,399 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

356 profiles with education records.

Harvard University
55
University of Pennsylvania
38
Columbia University
36
Harvard Business School
35
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
26
Cornell University
26
Stanford University
25
Wharton School
23

Prior employers

82 profiles with prior-work records.

Goldman Sachs
14
Google
13
McKinsey
11
Morgan Stanley
11
Amazon
8
Bain
6
Microsoft
6
Apple
5

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

47,189 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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47,189articles in the measured year
11,220articles in 2026Q1
58.7%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Retail coverage tagged New York City · articles per complete quarter

04,3828,76513,14717,5292021Q2: 7,4322021Q22021Q3: 9,4322021Q4: 8,2142022Q1: 8,5592022Q2: 8,4092022Q22022Q3: 8,7132022Q4: 7,7642023Q1: 8,4742023Q2: 10,1762023Q22023Q3: 9,3352023Q4: 10,9602024Q1: 12,4272024Q2: 11,3402024Q22024Q3: 10,5152024Q4: 13,1002025Q1: 14,0042025Q2: 10,1052025Q22025Q3: 15,2432025Q4: 10,8042026Q1: 11,2202026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q27,432
2021Q39,432
2021Q48,214
2022Q18,559
2022Q28,409
2022Q38,713
2022Q47,764
2023Q18,474
2023Q210,176
2023Q39,335
2023Q410,960
2024Q112,427
2024Q211,340
2024Q310,515
2024Q413,100
2025Q114,004
2025Q210,105
2025Q315,243
2025Q410,804
2026Q111,220

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
17,299 positive · 297 neutral · 12,057 negative
2022
20,430 positive · 294 neutral · 12,665 negative
2023
24,129 positive · 316 neutral · 14,443 negative
2024
29,425 positive · 515 neutral · 17,353 negative
2025
29,402 positive · 566 neutral · 20,096 negative

Leading coverage topics

Retail coverage tagged New York City · ranked by full-period article count.

Administrative And Political Subdivisions4,359,391 articles in the full recorded period
932,089 recent · 775,377 prior
Geopolitical Disputes And Contested Areas320,881 articles in the full recorded period
106,067 recent · 79,195 prior
International And Transnational Geographic Entities320,718 articles in the full recorded period
105,995 recent · 79,157 prior
International Political Relations202,879 articles in the full recorded period
57,865 recent · 42,536 prior
Security And Defense Policies143,013 articles in the full recorded period
45,532 recent · 28,102 prior
International Relations And Diplomacy91,526 articles in the full recorded period
24,245 recent · 19,633 prior
Geographic Naming Conventions And Etymology82,179 articles in the full recorded period
42,230 recent · 7,641 prior
Trade Policies And Agreements77,571 articles in the full recorded period
29,111 recent · 27,123 prior
Human Rights Advocacy Reports69,871 articles in the full recorded period
19,333 recent · 18,827 prior
Cryptocurrency Impact On Forex Markets61,042 articles in the full recorded period
18,638 recent · 11,912 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

United States comparison coverage

KeywordRecentPriorChange
foreign policy analysis6,8514,61848%
national security strategy6,7452,988126%
multilateral diplomacy6,7064,08064%
diplomatic engagements5,3153,32160%
countries3,9141,747124%
stock price3,7102,51048%
investment deal3,3991,368148%
stablecoin fx impact3,2041,039208%
oil price volatility2,683975175%
aerial bombardments2,5771,41582%
olympic team selections1,3612,710-50%
olympic trials1,0502,278-54%
electioneering tactics6671,870-64%
ceasefire violations8581,566-45%
summer olympics athletics1851,508-88%

Event and signal lenses

United States comparison coverage

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

1,990,330 classified articles

territories, disputed islands, tariff negotiations

38.6% critical · 23.8% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

363,372 classified articles

inflation reports fx, trade deficits fx, gdp growth forex

39.2% critical · 43.3% positive
Rising

Growth

561,523 classified articles

gdp growth forex, earnings report, inflation reports fx

32.0% critical · 44.3% positive

Retail coverage tagged New York City. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.

DEMAND, SUPPLY & PLACE

Where demand signals run ahead of mapped supply — New York City

Compare demand signals in New York City’s newsflow with the retail categories mapped to each signal.

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HOW TO READ THE GAP

Signal percentile − supply percentile = gap in percentile points. Positive gaps highlight questions to investigate. A high signal can reflect spending pressure or access friction, as well as potential demand.

The comparison is relative to the signal families on this page. A supply percentile of zero means the lowest relative reading, not zero companies. It is a prioritisation clue, not measured market size or unmet demand.

COMPARISON PERIOD2025-05-01 to 2026-05-01Against 2024-05-01 to 2025-05-01Explore the signals ↓

The opportunity, in one view

Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.

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11 New York City demand signals compared with mapped retail supply
Signal familySignal percentileSupply percentileRelative gapGap (points)Signal share vs prior year
Layoffs & income shocks ↗Spending Pressure83.911.1+72.8+20.6%
Highways & expressways ↗Connectivity Build-Out42.20.0+42.2+1.5%
Housing & urban expansion ↗Demand Driver85.044.4+40.6+41.7%
Inflation & spending pressure ↗Spending Pressure83.344.4+38.9+9.3%
Airports & air links ↗Connectivity Build-Out25.022.2+2.8
Consumer grievances & trust ↗Trust Friction51.166.7-15.6-8.3%
Tourism footfall ↗Demand Driver52.877.8-25.0+2.1%
Rail & metro connectivity ↗Connectivity Build-Out15.044.4-29.4-21.9%
E-commerce & quick delivery ↗Channel Shift54.494.4-40.0+31.7%
Industrial parks & warehousing ↗Investment Build-Out10.694.4-83.8-12.5%
Congestion & traffic friction ↗Access Friction46.7No matching category-0.4%

Showing all 11 signals. Select a family for its history and mapped categories.

Where the signals are loudest

All 12 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. New York City is highlighted.

Mentions per 10,000 articles

Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage. Rows cover all of the United States for this page's signal families; New York City is marked.

Seattle164.4

Layoffs & income shocks · Congestion & traffic friction · Consumer grievances & trust

St. Louis157.3

Layoffs & income shocks · Inflation & spending pressure · Tourism footfall

Orlando145.0

Consumer grievances & trust · Layoffs & income shocks · Congestion & traffic friction

San Diego144.6

Consumer grievances & trust · Congestion & traffic friction · Layoffs & income shocks

Newark139.2

Layoffs & income shocks · Congestion & traffic friction · Highways & expressways

Phoenix131.3

Layoffs & income shocks · Congestion & traffic friction · Tourism footfall

Denver131.3

Congestion & traffic friction · Layoffs & income shocks · Highways & expressways

Milwaukee123.5

Congestion & traffic friction · Highways & expressways · Tourism footfall

Chicago120.4

Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · Congestion & traffic friction

New York City94.7

Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · Consumer grievances & trust

Portland119.0

Layoffs & income shocks · Tourism footfall · Congestion & traffic friction

Detroit115.8

Layoffs & income shocks · Congestion & traffic friction · Tourism footfall

Inside the leading signals

Open any signal for its quarterly history
SPENDING PRESSURELayoffs & income shocks+72.8percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.

20.88mentions per 10,000 articles+20.6%share change vs prior year

Mapped retail categories

  • Internet First Brands1,014
  • Marketplaces377

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of New York City coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

0102029392024Q3: 152024Q32024Q4: 192024Q42025Q1: 192025Q12025Q2: 142025Q22025Q3: 162025Q32025Q4: 332025Q42026Q1: 202026Q1
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Layoffs & income shocks in New York City coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q312315.47
2024Q416319.67
2025Q119719.66
2025Q212614.45
2025Q339416.0
2025Q428333.97
2026Q117920.14

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Seattle97.5 / 10,000
St. Louis66.7 / 10,000
Minneapolis47.4 / 10,000
CONNECTIVITY BUILD-OUTHighways & expressways+42.2percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Corridor build-out can collapse travel time, widening every catchment.

3.93mentions per 10,000 articles+1.5%share change vs prior year

Mapped retail categories

  • Commerce Enablers507
  • Marketplaces377

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of New York City coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

024572024Q3: 42024Q32024Q4: 32024Q42025Q1: 32025Q12025Q2: 42025Q22025Q3: 22025Q32025Q4: 62025Q42026Q1: 52026Q1
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Highways & expressways in New York City coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3324.03
2024Q4303.62
2025Q1363.59
2025Q2404.59
2025Q3522.11
2025Q4536.36
2026Q1475.29

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Austin27.9 / 10,000
Newark26.3 / 10,000
Milwaukee25.5 / 10,000
DEMAND DRIVERHousing & urban expansion+40.6percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

New residential catchments can pull everyday demand with them.

4.76mentions per 10,000 articles+41.7%share change vs prior year

Mapped retail categories

  • B2C E-Commerce1,784
  • Marketplaces377

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of New York City coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

024682024Q3: 22024Q32024Q4: 32024Q42025Q1: 22025Q12025Q2: 62025Q22025Q3: 22025Q32025Q4: 62025Q42026Q1: 62026Q1
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Housing & urban expansion in New York City coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3202.52
2024Q4303.62
2025Q1302.99
2025Q2596.77
2025Q3642.6
2025Q4546.48
2026Q1566.3

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Miami19.9 / 10,000
Phoenix15.7 / 10,000
Atlanta13.8 / 10,000
SPENDING PRESSUREInflation & spending pressure+38.9percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Sustained price pressure can shift spending toward value formats.

40.23mentions per 10,000 articles+9.3%share change vs prior year

Mapped retail categories

  • B2C E-Commerce1,784
  • Marketplaces377

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of New York City coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

0193756742024Q3: 302024Q32024Q4: 252024Q42025Q1: 352025Q12025Q2: 642025Q22025Q3: 312025Q32025Q4: 502025Q42026Q1: 472026Q1
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Inflation & spending pressure in New York City coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q324130.31
2024Q421325.7
2025Q135235.13
2025Q256364.58
2025Q376631.1
2025Q442450.89
2026Q141947.14

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Lebanon70.3 / 10,000
New York City40.6 / 10,000
Cleveland37.5 / 10,000
CONNECTIVITY BUILD-OUTAirports & air links+2.8percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

If new terminals and routes pull business and tourist inflow, demand tends to follow the passenger.

1.23mentions per 10,000 articles

Mapped retail categories

  • B2C Fashion E-Commerce751
  • Internet First Fashion Brands567
  • Internet First Apparel Brands309
  • Beauty E-Commerce275

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of New York City coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

012232024Q3: 02024Q32024Q4: 02024Q42025Q1: 02025Q12025Q2: 22025Q22025Q3: 02025Q32025Q4: 12025Q42026Q1: 02026Q1
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Airports & air links in New York City coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q320.25
2024Q430.36
2025Q170.7
2025Q2232.64
2025Q3240.97
2025Q4111.32
2026Q160.68

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Newark14.9 / 10,000
Chicago5.6 / 10,000
Denver5.4 / 10,000
TRUST FRICTIONConsumer grievances & trust-15.6percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Trust friction can reward whoever fixes service, complaints and fraud handling.

9.61mentions per 10,000 articles-8.3%share change vs prior year

Mapped retail categories

  • Consumer Digital1,921
  • Commerce Enablers507

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of New York City coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

071522292024Q3: 152024Q32024Q4: 102024Q42025Q1: 62025Q12025Q2: 42025Q22025Q3: 32025Q32025Q4: 112025Q42026Q1: 252026Q1
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Consumer grievances & trust in New York City coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q312115.22
2024Q48710.5
2025Q1706.99
2025Q2384.36
2025Q3773.13
2025Q49311.16
2026Q122525.32

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

San Diego46.8 / 10,000
Orlando45.8 / 10,000
Baltimore35.2 / 10,000
DEMAND DRIVERTourism footfall-25.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Visitor flows can convert into discretionary spend where they land.

4.12mentions per 10,000 articles+2.1%share change vs prior year

Mapped retail categories

  • Internet First Brands1,014
  • B2C Fashion E-Commerce751
  • Internet First Fashion Brands567
  • Beauty E-Commerce275

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of New York City coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

025792024Q3: 42024Q32024Q4: 42024Q42025Q1: 22025Q12025Q2: 52025Q22025Q3: 22025Q32025Q4: 72025Q42026Q1: 32026Q1
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Tourism footfall in New York City coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3364.53
2024Q4384.58
2025Q1272.69
2025Q2475.39
2025Q3642.6
2025Q4667.92
2026Q1343.83

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Portland18.3 / 10,000
Phoenix16.6 / 10,000
Cleveland16.5 / 10,000
CONNECTIVITY BUILD-OUTRail & metro connectivity-29.4percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Where rail and metro build out, station-area demand can follow the footfall.

2.54mentions per 10,000 articles-21.9%share change vs prior year

Mapped retail categories

  • B2C E-Commerce1,784
  • Marketplaces377

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of New York City coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

013462024Q3: 32024Q32024Q4: 32024Q42025Q1: 42025Q12025Q2: 22025Q22025Q3: 12025Q32025Q4: 42025Q42026Q1: 22026Q1
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Rail & metro connectivity in New York City coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3293.65
2024Q4263.14
2025Q1414.09
2025Q2202.29
2025Q3471.91
2025Q4414.92
2026Q1182.03

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

San Francisco12.1 / 10,000
San Diego9.1 / 10,000
Los Angeles8.0 / 10,000
CHANNEL SHIFTE-commerce & quick delivery-40.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Online and quick-commerce adoption can migrate spend across channels faster than networks adapt.

2.32mentions per 10,000 articles+31.7%share change vs prior year

Mapped retail categories

  • B2C E-Commerce1,784
  • B2C Fashion E-Commerce751
  • Commerce Enablers507
  • Beauty E-Commerce275

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of New York City coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

012342024Q3: 12024Q32024Q4: 12024Q42025Q1: 22025Q12025Q2: 22025Q22025Q3: 12025Q32025Q4: 32025Q42026Q1: 22026Q1
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E-commerce & quick delivery in New York City coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3131.64
2024Q4101.21
2025Q1202.0
2025Q2262.98
2025Q3421.71
2025Q4303.6
2026Q1242.7

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Phoenix11.2 / 10,000
Charlotte10.0 / 10,000
Newark9.6 / 10,000
INVESTMENT BUILD-OUTIndustrial parks & warehousing-83.8percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Parks and warehousing can add the jobs and fulfilment capacity that reach depends on.

1.25mentions per 10,000 articles-12.5%share change vs prior year

Mapped retail categories

  • B2C E-Commerce1,784
  • B2C Fashion E-Commerce751
  • Commerce Enablers507
  • Beauty E-Commerce275

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of New York City coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

001122024Q3: 12024Q32024Q4: 12024Q42025Q1: 12025Q12025Q2: 12025Q22025Q3: 02025Q32025Q4: 12025Q42026Q1: 12026Q1
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Industrial parks & warehousing in New York City coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3111.38
2024Q4101.21
2025Q1131.3
2025Q2141.61
2025Q3180.73
2025Q4141.68
2026Q1151.69

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Phoenix13.3 / 10,000
Denver12.9 / 10,000
Houston12.2 / 10,000
ACCESS FRICTIONCongestion & traffic frictionsupply not mapped
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Congestion friction can push footfall toward nearby formats and toward delivery.

4.49mentions per 10,000 articles-0.4%share change vs prior year

Mapped retail categories

This signal has no matching category in the page’s retail market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.

Quarterly share of New York City coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

023572024Q3: 32024Q32024Q4: 32024Q42025Q1: 42025Q12025Q2: 52025Q22025Q3: 32025Q32025Q4: 52025Q42026Q1: 32026Q1
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Congestion & traffic friction in New York City coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3313.9
2024Q4333.98
2025Q1464.59
2025Q2485.51
2025Q3803.25
2025Q4495.88
2026Q1303.38

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Milwaukee57.3 / 10,000
Denver45.7 / 10,000
Cincinnati33.5 / 10,000
RESEARCH & CHANGING CONVERSATIONS

Related research and changing coverage

New York City retail coverage

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RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2019

Shopping Streets and Neighborhood Identity: Retail Theming as Symbolic Ownership in New York

City and Community

14 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2019

Youth Willingness to Purchase Whole Grain Snack Packs from New York City Corner Stores Participating in a Healthy Retail Program

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

10 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2022

Gentrification and Food Retail Instability: A Census Tract Analysis of the Bronx, New York, 2008 and 2017

The Professional Geographer

9 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2017

The Origins of American International Retailing: Tiffany of New York in London and Paris, 1837–1914

The Business History Review

6 citations in the snapshot

What is growing in this coverage

New York City coverage of this page's demand families

KeywordRecent articlesPrior articlesShare change
antitrust investigations12520335.7%
ip litigation562185.9%
product liability391581.2%
consumer rights statutes18856.8%
retail trends221139.4%
online fraud education16111.4%

Share changes describe coverage in the stated comparison periods, not search demand or market size.

UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE

Retail in New York City: key questions

Clear definitions for making better comparisons.

What does this landscape measure?

It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.

Can segment counts be added together?

No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.

What does a missing figure mean?

A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.

Company ecosystem snapshot: 6 August 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.

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