Trans_World_Entertainment

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Trans World Entertainment Trans World Entertainment Trans World Entertainment during the holidays said Chief Financial Officer John J. Sullivan, "We would expect more closures to be announced soon." Trans World’s holiday sales projections already were glum, but with the actual results now in, company officials are projecting losses for fiscal 2008 in the range of $20 million to $25 million. Type Founded Headquarters Industry Products Website Public (NASDAQ: TWMC) December 1972 Albany, New York Retail CD, Blu-ray, and DVD stores www.twec.com f.y.e. In 2001, Trans World unified its mall-based stores under the brand name f.y.e. or for your entertainment, after buying out the mall-based Camelot stores. During 2001, a major re-branding campaign made f.y.e. the brand name for the entire group of mallbased and many freestanding retail stores owned by Trans World Entertainment. However, some freestanding or strip center stores continued to operate under their regional brands such as Planet Music. Trans World stores deal primarily in CDs, Blu-ray Discs, DVDs, video games, books, and other entertainment products. They also buy, sell, and trade used CDs, Blu-ray Discs, DVDs, and video games. Beginning in 2006, Trans World began transitioning buildings that were once home to Media Play outlets near Salt Lake City, Utah and Buffalo, New York into f.y.e. superstores, as well as all former Coconuts stores, such as the location in downtown Chicago, since the early part of 2007. The largest superstore is in Buffalo, New York, which is FYE #1975. The Buffalo New York Superstores are located in former locations of Busy Beaver, a home improvement chain that still has stores in Ohio and Pennsylvania, which had left the region in the early 1990s, its stores then replaced by Media Play. Following Media Play’s liquidation the stores returned as f.y.e. Superstores several months later with a somewhat different interior cosmetic layout. Much like the former Media Play stores these stores offer a selection of Music, Movies and Books. The used sections are much larger than what Media Play was offering at the time of their demise, whereas the book Trans World Entertainment Corporation is a chain of entertainment media retail stores in the United States. It currently operates over 700 freestanding and shopping mall-based stores under several brand names. Based out of Albany, New York, Trans World was founded in 1972 by Robert Higgins. It opened its first store, called Record Town (formerly Record Land), in 1973. The company went public in July 1986 and has expanded through acquisitions of a number of smaller or failing companies including Strawberries, Camelot Music, and Wherehouse Entertainment. In February 2006, Trans World acquired the Musicland Group, which owned Sam Goody, Suncoast Motion Picture Company, and former online store Media Play. In September 2006, Trans World made bid for the bankrupt Tower Records[1] but lost to Great American Group, a liquidator.[2] On January 7, 2009 Trans World announced same-store sales decreased 14 percent for the nine-week period that ended January 3, 2009 and total sales dropped 24 percent in the period. Some of the overall decline came as a result of closing 35 stores earlier in the year. Trans World was also in the process of closing another 69 stores 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia sections are smaller. Selections of CDs are similar but with much greater catalog depth of DVDs and Blu-ray movies. Aside from offering a larger selection of products these stores run their promotional ads independent of the local mall stores. Despite carrying the f.y.e. name, the shopping experience is somewhat different, a higher volume, larger selection experience similar to the predecessor, Media Play, that originally occupied these locations. In addition, the landmark downtown Boston Strawberries located at 411 Washington St, is now an f.y.e. Trans World Entertainment Defunct • • and Streetside Records: Missouri and New Jersey • : Chicago area, New Jersey, New York, and Mid-Atlantic States (some stores still operate as Coconuts) • : Michigan • : Nationwide • : Nationwide • : Nationwide (mall-based) • : Nationwide (mall-based) • : Maryland and New England states • : Nationwide (mall-based) • : Mid-Atlantic States • : Mid-Atlantic States, later converted to The Wall Chains : Virginia Beach : Nationwide : California, Colorado : Nationwide (mall-based) : California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, and Virginia • : Florida • : Western United States including: Arizona, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington • : Nationwide (mall-based and freestanding) • • • • • References [1] Trans World bids for Tower Records [2] Tower Records to be liquidated External links • Trans World Entertainment • f.y.e. • The Consumerist: FYE Baits and Switches Wii Buyer • Nintendo Purchasers Complain of Gamesmanship Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_World_Entertainment" Categories: Companies listed on NASDAQ, Companies based in New York, Music retailers of the United States, Companies established in 1972, Companies based in Albany, New York, United States retail company stubs This page was last modified on 28 April 2009, at 03:07 (UTC). 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