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2008 ended with 240 stores opened. Our goal is to have 300 stores open by the end of 2009.

Play N Trade Selects Hewlett-Packard as Official Technology Provider

Play N Trade Selects Hewlett-Packard as Official Technology Provider. HP awarded multimillion dollar contract...

Play N Trade Selects Hewlett-Packard as Official Technology Provider
HP Inks Deal With Top Video Game Franchiser

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) has agreed to a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract to supply point-of-sale computer hardware to Play N Trade video game franchises

HP Inks Deal With Top Video Game Franchiser
HP nabs hardware deal with Play N Trade

Video game sales & trade-in chain Play N Trade just signed a deal for Hewlett Packard...

HP nabs hardware deal with Play N Trade
Former QB to Hold Autograph Session

Former Utah quarterback Brian Johnson, who is the cover boy for EA Sports College Football 10 game, will have an autograph session...

Former QB to Hold Autograph Session
Fans, Fanfare to Welcome New Play N Trade Store --NFL players, Wii giveaways, prizes in

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 22, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- NFL players, Wii giveaways, prizes in Chicago suburb Play N Trade will debut its new store prototype...

Fans, Fanfare to Welcome New Play N Trade Store --NFL players, Wii giveaways, prizes in
Fans, Fanfare to Welcome New Play N Trade Store

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Play N Trade will debut its new store prototype May 29 and 30, 2009...

Fans, Fanfare to Welcome New Play N Trade Store
Fans, Fanfare to Welcome New Play N Trade Store

NFL players, Wii giveaways, prizes in Chicago suburb

Fans, Fanfare to Welcome New Play N Trade Store
Companies to Watch: Play N Trade

Listen to CEO Larry Plotnick on CDTV.net...

Companies to Watch: Play N Trade
Newport Beach's Play N Trade joins forces with Retail Teamwork

Company redesigns retail system, prepares for continued expansion...

 

Newport Beach's Play N Trade joins forces with Retail Teamwork
Play N Trade Partners With Retail Teamwork

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 5, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Play N Trade Video Games, the world's largest and fastest-growing video game franchise, announced today it has partnered with retail systems veteran Michael Mauerer...

Play N Trade Partners With Retail Teamwork
Play N Trade Partners With Retail Teamwork

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Play N Trade Video Games, the world's largest and fastest-growing video game franchise, announced today it has partnered with retail systems veteran Michael Mauerer, Founder and CEO of Retail Teamwork...

Play N Trade Partners With Retail Teamwork
50 Cent Hoping For Sequel To 'Blood On The Sand' Video Game

50 Cent wants to do a sequel. The Southside Queens MC says the gaming community so eagerly embraced his "Blood on the Sand" that now he wants to make part two.

50 Cent Hoping For Sequel To 'Blood On The Sand' Video Game
50 Cent in store at Play N Trade

So NYT was invited to check out the 50 Cent in store event at Play N Trade. We stopped by to check out the occasion...

50 Cent in store at Play N Trade
EWI Worldwide Designs Next Generation Gaming Retail Experience for Play N Trade

Foothill Ranch, CA, April 14, 2009 --(PR.com)-- EWI Worldwide, a global, live communications company, unveiled last week its new store design...

EWI Worldwide Designs Next Generation Gaming Retail Experience for Play N Trade
Got Game? Then head on over

Gamers looking for a place to hold tournaments need search no further than Play N Trade on Naperville's south side.

This Saturday, Play N Trade will be bringing in...

Got Game? Then head on over
Not Just Fun and Games

Play N Trade's franchise model incorporates a business-like devotion to fun and games...

Not Just Fun and Games
Play N Trade Appoints Gaming Industry Veteran as CEO

Larry Plotnick, former SVP with Game Crazy, takes over with focus on continuing remarkable growth.

Play N Trade Appoints Gaming Industry Veteran as CEO
Local stores see thriving market in used video games

With several high-profile games released in the final months of 2008, the video game industry is holding up better than...

Local stores see thriving market in used video games
How PlayNTrade Fuels Franchisees

They say when you love what you do for a living, you never have to work a day in your life. Take a business that involves being surrounded by video games all day and it's pretty much a lock...

How PlayNTrade Fuels Franchisees
Parents should be aware of video game ratings

SARASOTA - The state Attorney General has a warning for parents about video game ratings, and why parents need to check those ratings before they buy.

50% of video games are sold during the holiday season, so it's most likely an item on your kids holiday wish list.  But before you...

Parents should be aware of video game ratings
High Score: Video Game Store Franchisor Sees 1,926% Two-Year Growth

Play N Trade Franchise Inc. has racked up growth worthy of a video game score. The Newport Beach-based franchisor...

High Score: Video Game Store Franchisor Sees 1,926% Two-Year Growth
Report: Women Make Up 40% Of U.S. Video Game Users

TAMPA - Women are becoming geeks when it comes to video games...

Report: Women Make Up 40% Of U.S. Video Game Users
Hot Licks Against Juvenile Diabetes

Guitar Hereos: (Right image), teens square off as players complete Saturday in a Guitar Hero tournament at Play N Trade...

Hot Licks Against Juvenile Diabetes
Play N Trade Notices Trend with Female Gamers
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Oct 08, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- There was a time when video games were dominated and mastered by the male gender, with only the occasional token female...
Play N Trade Notices Trend with Female Gamers
Video Gamers Clash in Weston Store

In one moment, Link from "Legend of Zelda" is smashing Snake from "Metal Gear Solid" in the face with a sword. The next, small spherical objects erupt from the barrel of Snake's outstretched grenade launcher, zoom across the floating island and smack Link in the midsection.

Video Gamers Clash in Weston Store
Fast-Growing Private Cos. Honored
Orange County Business Journal Staff

Fast-growing private companies—including a video game store franchisor, a flat TV seller and even a provider of healthcare to prison inmates—were honored at a cocktail reception in Irvine on Thursday by the Orange County Business Journal.

Fast-Growing Private Cos. Honored
Try Before You Buy at Play N Trade

Play N Trade / Union Square is an exciting new venue for casual and hardcore video gamers. Like a few other video game retailers....

Try Before You Buy at Play N Trade
Video game store promotes textbook use

(Standard-Examiner (Ogden, UT) (KRT) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Sep. 16--LAYTON -- Video games and good grades do not usually go hand in hand, but a local business is using...

Video game store promotes textbook use
 Play N Trade Unleashes International In-Store Halo 3 Tournament Sept. 6-14

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Play N Trade Inc., one of the fastest growing franchises worldwide, today announced the launch of the Halo 3, in-store video game contests, at participating Play N Trade franchises.

Play N Trade Unleashes International In-Store Halo 3 Tournament Sept. 6-14
Play N Trade Unleashes International In-Store Halo 3 Tournament Sept. 6-14

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--Play N Trade Inc., one of the fastest growing franchises worldwide, today announced the launch of the Halo 3, in-store video game contests, at participating Play N Trade franchises.

Most serious gamers have tried Halo 3, the third release in the exciting Halo Trilogy, by now. The fate of the galaxy ...

Play N Trade Unleashes International In-Store Halo 3 Tournament Sept. 6-14
Game Store Offers Discounts for Good Grades

Up-and-coming videogame chain Play N Trade has announced an unusual way to push kids to do well in school: The "Games for Grades" promotion.

 

Games for Grades rewards students with a 10 percent discount on any used game for each "A" on the student's report card – up to...

Game Store Offers Discounts for Good Grades
Games for Grades Add Incentive for Students

Most parents have rules like eat your dinner before you get dessert and do your homework or forget free time. Now there's a new program that...

Games for Grades Add Incentive for Students
Play N Trade

Play N Trade Locations Will Be Participating in Rewarding Students and Schools for Academic Achievement

Newport Beach, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Play N Trade Franchise, Inc., one of the fastest-growing franchises worldwide, today announced the local launch of its "Games for Grades" promotion designed to...

Play N Trade "Games for Grades" Promotion Recognizes Academic Excellence and Donates to Schools
Shop Invites Gamers to Play

Grand Opening Set for Saturday

Shop Invites Gamers to Play
'Guitar Hero' Whiz Aims Higher

RALEIGH, NC (AP)- "It's a small plastic thing, resembling a guitar in basic appearance only. But..."

'Guitar Hero' Whiz Aims Higher
The Power of Customer Analytics

Franchisors vary in their approach to assisting their franchisees with new store openings and improve same store sales.

The Power of Customer Analytics
Guitar Hero

16-year-old turns to full-time video game competition.

Guitar Hero