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In 2016 the company changed the store and website branding to "FYE". In 2006, Trans World began remodeling buildings that were former Coconut stores and Media Play outlets near Salt Lake City, Utah and Buffalo, New York into FYE superstores. In 2009 FYE closed over 100 locations [7] and 52 more in 2012.
Slackers CDs and Games won an award for best used CD store in 2006 from the Riverfront Times. The Riverfront Times cited its collection of vinyl records and independent and rare music CDs as the basis for the award. [4] Since the store buys video games from all consoles, it is known for its collection of
Sam "Goody" Gutowitz (1904–1991) of New York City opened a small record store on New York's 9th Avenue shortly after the advent of vinyl long-playing records in the late 1940s. Although he did some retail business from his main store on 49th Street, most of his volume was in mail-order sales at discount prices, of which he was a pioneer. [2]
Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Incorporated is a chain of new and used bookstores in the United States. The company's original motto is "We buy and sell anything printed or recorded except yesterday's newspaper", and many of the used books, music, and movies for sale in each location are purchased from local residents.
ThriftBooks is a large web-based used bookseller headquartered near Seattle, Washington. [3] ThriftBooks sells used books, DVDs, CDs, VHS tapes, video games, and audio cassettes. ThriftBooks' business model "is based on achieving economies of scale through automation." [4]
Abt Electronics is an independent family-owned retailer in the United States of consumer electronics, major appliances, and furniture.Abt operates 880,000 square feet at a single location in Glenview, Illinois, on 70 acres (280,000 m 2) of land ("... 1,200-employee.. 350,000-square-foot location on 37 acres...2015 [1]), and online since 1997. [2]
In July 1994, Winmark spent $2.3 million to purchase CDX Audio, which used the name CD Exchange in Green Bay, Wisconsin. When Winmark purchased the company, it had 42 stores. [2] [37] Winmark renamed the used CD store to Disc Go Round because they could not nationally trademark the name "CD Exchange". [38]
The store faced strong competition, particularly from websites like Amazon.com, which was founded in 1994 and provided a wider selection than the store-based Media Play. Therefore, despite Best Buy's major efforts, they failed to generate the results they were looking for with Musicland, losing $85 million (~$138 million in 2023) in 2002.