UK second-hand retailer CeX is reportedly looking to open two stores dedicated to the sale of retro and import games.
While CeX cells retro games already, it doesn’t have any dedicated stores catering to them, and the retro products they do sell is only a small portion of their overall stock. CeX also flogs mobile phones, computers, laptops, DVDs, and Blu-ray movies in addition to video games, but now plans to branch into dedicated retro and import games with the opening of ReX — aka Retro Exchange stores.
The two stores will sell games from across all regions as opposed to just PAL titles, with the first shop opening in Bull Street, Birmingham, next to the existing CeX store. There’s no word yet on where the second store will be opened.
Speaking in the video, Retro Ghetto commented, “Apparently, this is very hush hush, even amongst CeX staff. There’s people probably watching this now that work for CeX who had no idea this is happening. It’s taken quite a long time to get all this information together so that I could share it with you guys today. And as much as I trust my CeX source, I did want further confirmation.”
“So, I’m now at a point where I’ve actually had two internal CeX sources share this information with me. And listen, ultimately, until something happens, there’s a chance it could not happening. But I can confirm this is definitely in the works. This is definitely their intention.”
Initial stock for the new stores will reportedly be shipped in from existing CeX shops and possibly other stores outside of the UK, which will ensure opening day has enough stock to satisfy demand. After this, fresh stock will come down to the process of buying and trading of customers’ second-hand goods, and there’s also reports that the company is considering selling arcade machines on top of retro titles.
CeX initially operated as Computer Exchange in London back in 1992, before renaming to Complete Entertainment Exchange. As of May 2025 the chain had nearly 400 stores in the UK, and operates 231 stores internationally.
[Source – Retro Ghetto via VGC]