The top 10 neighbors for Jos. A. Bank Clothiers span furniture stores, athletic apparel, cosmetic services, women's apparel, fitness centers, children's education, and a fitness brand — with only one neighbor sharing its own subcategory. Similarity here measures how closely two entities' audiences resemble each other in composition; scores across the top 10 run from 0.95 down to 0.91, a narrow band that defines the flat shape.
Ethan Allen (0.95) leads the set as a furniture retailer, followed by Athleta (0.95) in outdoor and athletic apparel, and Cosmetic Services (0.94) in personal care. J. Crew Factory (0.94) and White House Black Market (0.93) round out the top five. Tallying the subcategories across all 10: Women's Apparel accounts for two neighbors (White House Black Market and Chico's), Fitness Centers and Gyms for two (Lifetime Fitness and Orangetheory Fitness), and one neighbor — Men's Apparel (0.93) — shares Jos. A. Bank's own subcategory. The remaining neighbors are drawn from Home Goods and Furnishings (Pottery Barn, 0.93), Children's Education (School of Rock, 0.91), and Furniture Stores (Ethan Allen). The dominant pattern is cross-kind: the audience shape of a men's apparel retailer maps most closely onto furniture, fitness, women's clothing, and personal services — not other menswear.
This flat, cross-category cluster points to an audience defined less by a single retail niche than by a consistent lifestyle profile that cuts across home, fitness, and apparel verticals.