In a year when consumer-driven businesses helped the New York City economy recover much faster than expected, more national retail chains expanded their presence in the city than reduced their footprints here, according to a report released Tuesday.
Dunkin' Donuts topped the list of chain retailers in the city for the third straight year, with a 9% jump to 466 locations across the five boroughs. That’s 77 more stores than Subway and 210 more than Starbucks, which came in second and third, respectively, according to the nonprofit Center for an Urban Future.
In the third annual ranking of national chains in the city, cell phone stores exhibited particularly strong growth, with Verizon Wireless growing by 11% to 50 locations, T-Mobile expanding by 22% to 117 stores, Sprint increasing by 38% to 33 shops and Metro PCS quintupling its presence to 35 locations.
Some 280 national retailers in the city operate a total of 6,335 locations, a 4% increase in door-count over 2009. Of those retailers, 39% increased their presence in the city in 2010, 20% reduced their number of stores and 41% remained the same. The increases were seen in each borough, with Brooklyn exhibiting the strongest growth in chain stores, jumping by 5% to 1,325.
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