Play N Trade Video Games

Type	Franchise
Founded	2000
Headquarters	Newport Beach, California, United States
Area served	North America, Guam
Key people	Larry Plotnick (CEO), Tony Gillete (SVP), Alexander Skelton (VP), Jeff Putnam (CFO)
Industry	Electronics stores
Products	Video games and consoles
Revenue	▲ $20 million USD (2008)
Website	www.playntrade.com

Play N Trade is a video game and entertainment software retailer franchise. The company, whose headquarters are in Newport Beach, California, United States currently operates stores throughout the North America and Guam and by some is called "the fastest-growing video game retailer" in the United States,^[1] expecting to have more than 400 outlets by the end of 2008 and 1,000 stores by the end of 2010.^[2] As of April 2008, Play N Trade has stores in over 40 U.S. States, as well as Canada, Puerto Rico, and Guam.^[3]

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, and console cleaning and repair. Play N Trade is the first video game retailer to host weekly in-store tournaments, and also hosts corporate sponsored national tournaments.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[4][5] Entrepreneur Magazine also named Play N Trade one of the top ten new franchises for 2008.^[6]

According to CEO Larry Plotnick, Play N Trade's competition includes Game Crazy and Gamestop.^[7]

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