CeX (retailer)
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C.E.X. Limited, trading as CeX (
As of January 2024, there are 390 stores in the UK, and a further 230 internationally, with a number of its locations being franchises.[4][5]
History
Cex was started by Paul Farrington,[6] Robert Dudani,[7] Hugh Man,[8] Charlie Brooker,[9][10] Oli Smith and Oliver Ball. The first shop opened on London's Whitfield Street, close to Tottenham Court Road in 1992.[11] As a second hand retailer, Cex trades with customers offering either cash or a voucher for redemption in any CeX shop.[citation needed] CeX offer a 24-month warranty subject to terms on all of the second hand products the company sells.[citation needed]
The "CeX" name moved away from "Computer eXchange" into an acronym for "Complete Entertainment eXchange",[11] and company letterheads state "CeX LTD is trading as Cex Entertainment Exchange". In 2005, Cex began issuing licences for franchising.[12]
Dudani appeared on the British Channel 4 TV show The Secret Millionaire.[13][14][15] This was after the business was affected by the 2011 England riots.[16]
In December 2013, Cex began Designer Exchange buying luxury leather goods, jewellery and handbags, with stores in Kensington, Chelsea, Knightsbridge, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and Madrid.[17]
The pronunciation of the chain's acronym name was confirmed as "sex" in British TV commercials aired in March 2017.[citation needed]
In November 2017, Cex launched a technology repair service called CeX Clinic
Locations
Country | Shops |
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United Kingdom[19] | 390 |
Spain (mainland) | 62 |
Republic of Ireland | 40 |
Mexico | 31 |
Australia | 29 |
Portugal | 30 |
India | 17 |
Netherlands | 12 |
Poland | 11 |
Italy | 4 |
Canary Islands (Spain) | 3 |
Malaysia[20] |
2 |
See also
References
- ^ "C.E.X. LIMITED overview". Companies House. 3 May 1996. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "CeX (UK) : About CeX". uk.webuy.com.
- ^ "CeX". uk.webuy.com. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Start a CeX Franchise". What Franchise. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ [1] Paul Farrington company obituary
- ^ "The entrepreneurs". The Guardian. 11 April 1999. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
- ^ "How Hugh Man helped CeX achieve roaring trade across the globe". 7 February 2018.
- ^ Ellison, Cara (16 July 2013). "Gaming Made Me - Charlie Brooker". Rock Paper Shot Gun.
- ^ "CeX (UK) : About CeX". uk.webuy.com. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ a b "About CeX".
- ^ [2] Archived 8 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine CeX Franchise review
- ^ "Is New Addington really a "benighted ghetto"? - Eastlondonlines". 10 September 2012.
- ^ "The Secret Millionaire - S10 - Episode 5: Bobby Dudani". Radio Times.
- ^ "Secret Millionaire yob out of job after six weeks". Your Local Guardian. 13 June 2012.
- ^ "Secret Millionaire: CeX's Bobby Dudani goes undercover in Croydon". Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "How Hugh Man helped CeX achieve roaring trade across the globe - Elite Franchise". 7 February 2018.
- ^ "CeX Repairs - Smartphone, Games Console, Tablet and Laptop Repairs - CeX Clinic". CeX Clinic.
- ^ "CeX (UK) : Franchising". uk.webuy.com.
- ^ Lee, Jonathan. "UK's CeX used electronics and games retailer arrives in Malaysia, first outlet in IOI City Mall". SoyaCincau. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
External links
- CeX Official website
- CeXClinic Official website
- CeX Official app
- Media related to CeX (company) at Wikimedia Commons