Play N Trade

Play N Trade

Infobox Company
name = Play N Trade Video Games

type = Franchise
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foundation = 2000
founder = Ron Simpson
location_city = Newport Beach, California
location_country = United States
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area_served = North America, Guam
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industry = Gaming
products = Video games and consoles
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homepage = http://www.playntrade.com
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Play N Trade is a California-based video game store franchise. It is "the fastest-growing video game retailer" in the United States, [cite news |title=Jim Belanger Named Senior Vice President of Franchise Development for Yakety Yak and Play N Trade |url=http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070131005445&newsLang=en |work=Business Wire |date=2007-01-31 |accessdate=2007-02-11] expecting to have more than 400 outlets by the end of 2008 and 1,000 stores by the end of 2010. [cite web |url=http://playntrade.com/franchise/ |title=About Us |accessdate=2008-04-21 |year=2008 |work=Play N Trade] As of April 2008, Play N Trade has stores in over 40 U.S. states, as well as Canada, Puerto Rico, and Guam. [cite web |url=http://playntrade.com/locations/ |title=Play N' Trade Locations |accessdate=2008-04-21 |year=2008 |work=Play N Trade]

Play N Trade stores sell new and used video games and consoles, and also accept trade-ins (including of old games). Services provided include disk repair, disc protection plans, console cleaning and repair, and a pre-purchase trial option, where customers can play any game in the store prior to purchasing it. [cite news |first=Rachel |last=Cohen |title=Video gamers get San Lorenzo haunt |url=http://origin.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_5092318 |work=InsideBayArea.com |date=2007-01-26 |accessdate=2007-02-11] Play N Trade is the first video game retailer to host weekly in-store tournaments, as well as corporate sponsored national tournaments.Fact|date=April 2008

In 2007, Play N Trade was ranked Franchise 500 and New Franchise 50 by "Entrepreneur Magazine" and has been successful in recent years, almost doubling its nationwide stores in 2006. [cite web |url=http://entrepreneur.com/franchises/playntradefranchiseinc/328989-0.html |title=Play N Trade Franchise Inc. |accessdate=2007-02-11 |year=2007 |work=Entrepreneur.com] [cite web |url=http://entrepreneur.com/franchises/rankings/topnewfranchises-115520/2007,-2.html |title=2007 Top New Franchises Rankings |accessdate=2007-02-11 |year=2007 |work=Entrepreneur.com] "Entrepreneur Magazine" also named Play N Trade one of the top ten new franchises for 2008. [cite press release |title=Play N Trade Makes "Top10 New Franchises" List for 2008 as Ranked by Entrepreneur Magazine |publisher=Forbes.com |date=2007-12-18 |url=http://playntrade.com/pnt/pdf/PlayNTradeRanksNumber9_Forbes.com_2007-12-18.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-01-01]

According to CEO Yuvi Shmul, Play N Trade's competition includes Wal-Mart and Gamestop. [cite news |title=GT Q&A With Play N Trade CEO, Yuvi Shmul |url=http://news.filefront.com/gt-qa-with-play-n-trade-ceo-yuvi-shmul/ |work=Gaming Today |date=2007-06-13 |accessdate=2007-12-22]

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