User:Shane Rhyne/Cellular Sales

Cellular Sales (also known as Cellular Sales of Knoxville, Inc.) is a management company operating retail stores for authorized Verizon Wireless products. The company is headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, and is the largest Verizon-exclusive dealer in the nation.

The company was founded in 1993 by Dane Scism, with one store in Knoxville, Tennessee, and three mall kiosks in the Knoxville area. To date, Cellular Sales has opened more than 400 stores across the nation, and a national call center in Knoxville.

In 2011, the company was listed for the fourth consecutive year on the Inc. 5000, a ranking of the nation's fastest-growing privately-held companies. The company was ranked #1449 overall and was listed as the 69th fastest-growing privately-owned retailer on the overall list. In previous years, Cellular Sales was ranked #1856 overall (2010), #2069 overall in 2009 and #2546 overall when the company debuted on the list in 2008. .

Cellular Sales has experienced a 193% increase in revenues between 2007 and 2010, with total revenues listed as $488.5 million in 2010. .