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Play It Again Sports Franchise Resale

Play it Again Sports is a national name with local appeal. A "team" sports focus creates strong sales in challenging economic times.

This is your local sporting goods store with strong ties and relationships within the local community. The owner welcomes customers with a smile and a wide selection of equipment, a variety of top name brands and an everyday value that just can’t be beat! The store has strong ties with local sports teams, parent organizations and non-profit organizations. Its main lines of business are baseball, team sports, water sports, soccer, surfing, skateboarding. Biking is an exciting new category for 2009.

The store turns inventory 2.71 times per year. Due to increased used equipment sales the year over year Gross Profit Margin has increased from 43% to 47%. National sporting good chains average GPM of 29% down from 34%. 2009 1st Qtr. sales are 5% better than Big 5 and Dick's Sporting Goods’ sales numbers. To get the lowest prices on inventory purchases, the store belongs to a "national buying group". It is this group buying that allows a local store to compete on price with the national chains.