Winmark
Business Services in Minneapolis, MN
Winmark Corporation is a recognized leader in franchise-owned and run business opportunities. In fact, we're the franchisor of over 850 value-oriented retail stores in North America. Our award-winning family of brands, including Once Upon A Child, Plato's Closet, Play It Again Sports and Music Go Round, bring unique franchise opportunities to tiny business entrepreneurs. A leader in the resale industry, Winmark brands recycled over 56 million items back into their respective communities in 2008 alone! Winmark is the parent firm of Wirth Business Credit.
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Winmark
read moreA nationally renowned franchising business, Winmark Corporation champions and guides entrepreneurs interested in opening one of our award winning retail resale brands: Plato's Closet, Once Upon A Child, Music Go Round, Play It Again Sports or Style Encore. For more than 30 years, Winmark has been at the forefront of the sustainability movement. We have made resale retail our business by selecting franchise partners that believe in the model of buying and selling locally sourced, quality used products that bring value to their communities.
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read moreWe offer our business expertise to partner with, support and advocate for small and medium-sized companies by guiding entrepreneurs in building successful franchises that transform communities and individuals. Beginning with the incorporation of Play it Again Sports in 1988, Winmark, then known as Grow Biz, started forging a legacy of building beloved secondhand shops. Soon after Play it Again Sports was established, Once Upon A Child was purchased in 1992 followed by Music Go Round in 1993. Just 6 years after inception, Winmark was named Fortune and Inc. magazine's Fastest Growing Public Company.