{"id":481573,"date":"2026-10-30T17:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T17:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/481573\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T17:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T17:14:08","slug":"2nd-charles-to-open-first-north-texas-store-in-plano-plano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/481573\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd &#038; Charles to open first North Texas store in Plano | Plano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bookstore,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.2ndandcharles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> 2nd &amp; Charles<\/a>, plans to open a new store in Plano before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to used books, the store buys, sells and trades video games, consoles, movies, CDs and toys and collectibles. Scott Kappler, 2nd &amp; Charles\u2019 executive vice president of operations, said items can be sold and traded for cash or store credit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat trade model keeps prices affordable, gives great items a second life and creates a store that feels different every time you walk in,\u201d Kappler said in an email. \u201cIt\u2019s a place for readers, gamers, collectors and families to spend an afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new 25,000-square-foot store will be the first 2nd &amp; Charles in North Texas. It is expected to create 30 jobs, Kappler said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2nd &amp; Charles thrives where people love to discover things, and the Dallas\u2013Fort Worth area has an enormous appetite for books, entertainment and pop culture,\u201d Kappler said. \u201cWe see Plano as a natural first step in North Texas, and we believe the community will embrace a store built around discovery, value and trade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company currently operates three other Texas stores in Beaumont, Lubbock and Conroe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bookstore, 2nd &amp; Charles, plans to open a new store in Plano before the end of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[162329,55513,430,160,162,161,37505,162330,162331],"class_list":["post-481573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-2nd-charles","tag-bookstore","tag-north-texas","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-preston-road","tag-scott-kappler","tag-texas-stores"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}