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CD Warehouse, Inc. is engaged in the franchising and ownership of entertainment stores offering new and pre-owned compact discs, digital versatile discs and related products under two similar, but distinct, franchise systems, CD Warehouse and Disc Go Round. These franchise systems, which make up the CD Warehouse System, include their respective stores, which have variously operated under the trade names CD Warehouse, Disc Go Round, CD Exchange and Music Trader. At May 1, 2002 the CD Warehouse System had an aggregate 280 stores in 36 states and the District of Columbia, Canada, England, France, Guatemala, Venezuela, and Thailand, with 197 franchised stores, and 64 corporate owned stores. These stores operate under the CD Warehouse concept, utilizing either the CD Warehouse, CD Exchange, Disc Go Round or Music Trader trade name. There are 19 franchised stores operating under the Disc Go Round concept, utilizing either the Disc Go Round or CD Exchange trade name.

The company believes that there continues to be a growing consumer willingness to purchase pre-owned entertainment, specifically CDs and DVDs, which has provided an ever expanding market niche in the retail entertainment industry for resellers. Our business strategy has been to establish our company as the recognized leader in the domestic buy-sell-trade retail entertainment marketplace by offering quality pre-owned CDs and DVDs at an exceptional value, offering to accept as a trade, or buy for cash, selected CDs and DVDs from customers and selling the top new releases, too.

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Just the fact that you're reading this means you aren't one to follow the crowd. You make your own way. And you know that to succeed you have to align yourself with people who can give you an edge. Choosing the right franchise is a tremendously important decision and that's why we encourage you to do a lot of investigating. Take a look around. We think you'll find out pretty quickly why Entrepreneur magazine listed us as a top 500 franchise worldwide in 2002 and ranked us #1 in our category. It's simple really. We're not reinventing the wheel here; we're just making it a whole lot better.

The advantages are endless with CD Warehouse. But here's the simple version: we set you up with the tools you will need to operate the business, teach you how to run it effectively, inform you of new and creative sales techniques as they develop, and support you in your day to day business.