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Dec 8, 2007 · DALLAS — Consumer electronics retailer CompUSA said Friday it will close its store operations after the holidays after sale of the company to Gordon Brothers Group, a restructuring firm....
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In 2012, Systemax, the company who bought the CompUSA brand in 2009, decided to rebrand CompUSA and Circuit City under the Tiger Direct brand. Then, in 2015, Systemax closed all but four Tiger Direct retail stores. So if it seems like the CompUSA near you changed names a few years ago and then disappeared relatively recently, you’re not imagining t...
CompUSA had a 23-year run in retail, starting out in 1984 in Dallas and opening a second store in 1985 in Atlanta. In 1991 it changed its name from Soft Warehouse to CompUSA and became a national chain in the 1990s. CompUSA thrived, and in 1998 it bought one of its biggest competitors, Computer City, a sister company of Radio Shack. In 2003 it boug...
As Internet retail grew in the 1990s, CompUSA had a hard time competing. It also didn’t have a lot of things that electronics chains and office supply chains didn’t also carry. People went to CompUSA when they needed something the same day, but frequently, consumers had more than one choice for the things CompUSA carried. CompUSA had a better selec...
Retailing isn’t my area of expertise and neither is marketing. But the computer retailers who are left seem to have a draw. They aren’t just enthusiast stores, but they have things to cater to enthusiasts and get them in the door. Micro Center sells motherboards and CPUs and everything else you need to build your own PC. The prices don’t always bea...
Dec 8, 2007 · Consumer electronics retailer CompUSA said Friday it will close its store operations after the holidays following sale of the company to Gordon Brothers Group LLC, a restructuring firm.
Dec 8, 2007 · Out of Dallas comes word that CompUSA, the 103-store chain that has been struggling in recent years, will cease operations after this Holiday season.While I genuinely feel sad for store employees...
Closings and sale to Systemax. Typical CompUSA store under liquidation. On or immediately before February 28, 2007, CompUSA retained the services of Gordon Brothers, a company that specializes in asset recovery and restructuring, for the purposes of closing 126 stores nationwide. [22]
Mar 30, 2007 · CompUSA, the computer and gadget retailer owned by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, said on Tuesday it would close more than half of its U.S. retail locations over the next two to three...
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Dec 7, 2007 · SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- CompUSA will shut down its stores in the wake of its buyout by an affiliate of Gordon Brothers Group LLC, a restructuring investment firm, the company said...
