CeX (retailer)
second hand goods chain based in the United Kingdom specializing in technology, computing, and video games
C.E.X. Limited, trading as CeX (), is a British retailer predominantly dealing in pre-owned video games, mobile phones, computers, DVDs, Blu-rays and consumer electronics, established in 1992 in London as the Computer Exchange. The retailer later renamed itself as the Complete Entertainment Exchange. As of September 2026, there are 380 stores in the UK, and a further 271 internationally, with a number of its locations being franchises.
History
CeX was started by Paul Farrington, Robert Dudani, Hugh Man, Charlie Brooker, Oli Smith and Oliver Ball. The first shop opened on London's Whitfield Street, close to Tottenham Court Road in 1992. As a second hand retailer, CeX trades with customers offering either cash or a voucher for redemption in any CeX shop. CeX offer a 5 year warranty subject to terms on all of the second hand products the company sells.
The "CeX" name moved away from "Computer eXchange" into an acronym for "Complete Entertainment eXchange", and company letterheads state "CeX LTD is trading as CeX Entertainment Exchange". In 2005, CeX began issuing licences for franchising.
Dudani appeared on the British Channel 4 TV show The Secret Millionaire.
“CeX (retailer)” enters the record as second hand goods chain based in the United Kingdom specializing in technology, computing, and video games. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what retailer, second and hand can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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