article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message for your entertainment industry retail founded 1993 ; 23 years ago 1993 headquarters albany new york 1 products cds blu ray dvds and video games parent trans world entertainment website www.fye.com f.y.e. standing for for your entertainment is a chain of entertainment media stores in the united states . as one of several trans world entertainment brands it began in 1993 and was expanded in 2001 after buying out and rebranding mall based camelot strawberries record town and coconuts stores . history edit f.y.e. store tower city center cleveland ohio the first f.y.e. store opened in 1993 at the trumbull mall now westfield trumbull in trumbull connecticut . 2 3 a second later opened in eastview mall in victor new york and a third at colonie center in colonie new york in 1997 . 4 in 2001 trans world unified its other mall based stores under the f.y.e. name after buying out camelot music . during that year a major re branding campaign made f.y.e. the brand name for all of trans world entertainment s mall based retail stores as well as many freestanding locations though some freestanding or strip mall stores continued to operate under regional brands like planet music . in 2006 trans world began remodeling buildings that were former coconut stores and media play outlets near salt lake city utah and buffalo new york into f.y.e. superstores . in 2009 f.y.e. closed over 100 locations 5 and 52 more in 2012 . references edit fye corporate office headquarters . corporate office headquarters . retrieved 9 october 2015 . a mass market push for interactive cd rom . usa today . 11 november 1993 . retrieved 19 august 2011 . fitzpatrick eileen 5 july 1997 . trans world at 25 . billboard . 109 27 68 75 76 . new f.y.e. store eyes colonie site . bizjournals.com . 19 may 1997 . retrieved 19 august 2011 . churchill chris 12 november 2009 . trans world to close 125 f.y.e. stores . albany times union . retrieved 14 january 2011 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title f.y.e. & oldid 732004391 categories music retailers of the united statescompanies established in 1993hidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2010all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 july 2016 at 23 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view