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Winmark

Winmark Corporation is an American franchisor of five retail businesses that specialize in buying and selling used goods. The company is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Winmark was founded in 1988 as Play It Again Sports Franchise Corporation by Ron Olson and Jeffrey Dahlberg after they purchased the Play It Again Sports franchise rights from Martha…

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Founded
1988; 38 years ago (1988)
Founders
Ron Olson and Jeffrey Dahlberg
Headquarters
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Divisions
Music Go Round · Once Upon a Child · Plato's Closet · Play It Again Sports · Style Encore
Formerly
Play It Again Sports Franchise Corporation (1988–1993) · Grow Biz International Inc. (1993–2001) · Winmark Corporation (2001–present)
Key people
Brett Heffes (CEO)

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Winmark

Nodes64
Edges63
Triples76
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.03125
Components1

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Winmark

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related to history · 21
Winmark → Although Olson, Brandon Galleries, Dahlberg, Dahlberg Inc, Dahlberg's, Franchise Business Systems, Jeffrey Dahlberg, Kenneth, Martha Morris, Minneapolis, Miracle-Ear, Morris, Olson, Play It Again Sports, Ron Olson, Saturday, She, Their, Uptown, We
related to Franchises · 15
Winmark → Although Winmark's, CDs, Child, Computer Renaissance, Disc Go Round, Franchisees, It's About Game, Music Go Round, Once Upon, Plato's Closet, Play It Again Sports, ReTool, Style Encore, The, Winmark Corporation
related to Wirth Business Credit · 7
Winmark → CEO John Morgan, In, It, Star Tribune, The, Winmark Business Solutions, Wirth Business Credit
Divisions · 5
Winmark → Music Go Round, Once Upon a Child, Plato's Closet, Play It Again Sports, Style Encore
Formerly · 3
Winmark → Grow Biz International Inc. (1993–2001), Play It Again Sports Franchise Corporation (1988–1993), Winmark Corporation (2001–present)
Traded as · 3
Winmark → Nasdaq: WINA, Russell 2000 component, S&P 600 component
Founded · 1
Winmark → 1988; 38 years ago (1988)
Founders · 1
Winmark → Ron Olson and Jeffrey Dahlberg
Headquarters · 1
Winmark → Minneapolis, Minnesota
Key people · 1
Winmark → Brett Heffes (CEO)

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used company sports play go sold stores round goods franchisees business morgan plato's closet corporation computer franchise dahlberg games upon

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
WinmarkDivisionsMusic Go Round1.00infobox
WinmarkDivisionsOnce Upon a Child1.00infobox
WinmarkDivisionsPlato's Closet1.00infobox
WinmarkDivisionsPlay It Again Sports1.00infobox
WinmarkDivisionsStyle Encore1.00infobox
WinmarkFormerlyPlay It Again Sports Franchise Corporation (1988–1993)1.00infobox
WinmarkFormerlyGrow Biz International Inc. (1993–2001)1.00infobox
WinmarkFormerlyWinmark Corporation (2001–present)1.00infobox
WinmarkFounded1988; 38 years ago (1988)1.00infobox
WinmarkFoundersRon Olson and Jeffrey Dahlberg1.00infobox
WinmarkHeadquartersMinneapolis, Minnesota1.00infobox
WinmarkKey peopleBrett Heffes (CEO)1.00infobox
WinmarkSubsidiariesWirth Business Credit1.00infobox
WinmarkTraded asNasdaq: WINA1.00infobox
WinmarkTraded asRussell 2000 component1.00infobox
WinmarkTraded asS&P 600 component1.00infobox
WinmarkTypePublic1.00infobox
WinmarkWebsitewinmarkcorporation.com1.00infobox

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