BRAND_ANALYSIS #ROUGH_TRADE CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT #126 OF 159 IN CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT ALIGNED

Rough Trade

· Private · Updated 25 May 2026 11:16 UTC
#957 of 1208 overall by tension · #126 of 159 in Culture & Entertainment
11 Aligned
The Balanced
Analysis

Independent record store (C=53, B=64, sentiment 0.60) achieves rare cultural lift by existing as analog nostalgia—the brand thrives on what it opposes.

IN THE NEWS (52 articles this week)
A Rough Guide To: Grunge - Rough Trade Blog
Qobuz and Rough Trade announce new two-year partnership - Music Ally
Qobuz Becomes Rough Trade’s Official Streaming Service Partner - Consequence of Sound
Cultural Score
53 / 100
Business Score
64 / 100
TREND
TENSION▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁
CULTURAL▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
BUSINESS▅▅▅▅▄▅▅▅▄▄▅▅▅▅
TREND CHART
Loading...
CULTURAL BREAKDOWN
Wikipedia Momentum 15/40
News Presence 39/35
Search InterestRedistributed to other dimensions
BUSINESS BREAKDOWN
Stock Momentum 0/30
Market Position 0/25
Revenue Growth 0/25
Earnings Health 0/20
BRANDS LIKE THIS
Burning Man
C:53 B:64 T:11
Design Museum
C:53 B:64 T:11
Focus Features
C:53 B:64 T:11
Fred Again
C:53 B:64 T:11
National Theatre
C:53 B:64 T:11
SHARE
Rough Trade's tension is 11. Commerce outpacing culture. sociologyofcapitalism.com/brand/rough-trade
SHARE ON X
EMBED
<iframe src="https://sociologyofcapitalism.com/embed/rough-trade.html" width="320" height="200" frameborder="0"></iframe>
Data: Wikipedia Pageviews, Google News RSS, AI Sentiment
All scores approximate. Updated daily.
Sociology of Capitalism
Mike Litman