1. History
    Timeline 

2. Closings and sale to Systemax

3. See also

4. References

5. External links

CompUSA was a retailer and reseller of consumer electronics, technology products and computer services. Headquartered in Miami, Florida,^[1] it was a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Commercial Corp S.A.B. de C.V.^[2] and indirectly controlled by a common shareholder, Carlos Slim.

On December 7, 2007, an affiliate of the restructuring and disposition firm Gordon Brothers Group, Specialty Equity, bought the company.^[3] Systemax purchased the CompUSA brand, 16 retail locations and other company assets in January, 2008.^[4]

Systemax operated CompUSA retail stores in California, Florida, Texas, Maryland, Georgia, Illinois, Delaware, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Puerto Rico, as well as CompUSA.com, a retail website and a dedicated catalog site for businesses.^[5][6]

On November 2, 2012, Systemax announced that it would drop both the CompUSA and Circuit City storefront brands, consolidating their businesses under the TigerDirect brand. On December 4, 2013 CompUSA intellectual properties were sold to JASALI 645 Realty LLC.^[7] On October 25, 2018 the intellectual properties of CompUSA was leased to DealCentral, and has announced to relaunch CompUSA.com in that same day.

History

Founded in 1984 as Soft Warehouse in Addison, Texas, a northern suburb of Dallas, Texas, by Errol Jacobson and Mike Henochowicz,^[8] the company began national expansion in 1988 with its first megastore opening in Atlanta, Georgia.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}

In 1991 the company's name was changed to CompUSA, and the company became publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. While under Morton's leadership, CompUSA grew to over $2 billion in revenues. Morton resigned in 1993.^[9]

Timeline

• 1986 – Under the original name Soft Warehouse, the first of their super stores opens on Marsh Lane and Belt Line Road in Addison, Texas
• 1988 – Opened their second store in Atlanta, Georgia
• 1990 – Long running radio ad campaign featuring character "P.C. Modem" begins.
• 1993 – Began offering technical services at customer locations.
• 1996 – Launched retail sales on CompUSA.com.
• 1997 – Partners with Apple Computer in a "store within a store" concept for selling Macintosh computers. By January 19, 1998, 57 stores had been built with the remainder to be built by February 1998.
• 1998 – Acquired Tandy's Computer City subsidiary with the help of former CEO Nathan P. Morton.
• 1998 – In May, the company invested in facilities, technology, and expertise to form CompUSA Call Center Services, a division that provided contact center services to OEMs, corporate help desks, software publishers, and cellular service providers.
• 2000 – Became privately held company under Grupo Sanborns, a Mexican retail company.
• 2001 – In July, CompUSA Call Center Services became The Telvista Company.^[10]
• 2003 – Acquired Good Guys.^[11]
• 2005 – Converted three CompUSA stores and 13 Good Guys stores into megastores. Closed all 46 Good Guys locations. Began marketing in California and Hawaii as "CompUSA with Good Guys Inside" in response to Best Buy's marketing campaign "with Magnolia Inside".
• 2005 – CompUSA started a customer loyalty program called The CompUSA Network. For every dollar spent at any CompUSA store, the customer received 13 points.
• 2006 – Sales of the CompUSA Network membership cards were suspended pending further investigation onto the operation's effect on customer retention and "program awareness among low-visit customers."{{cite quote|date=September 2011}}
• 2006 – CompUSA announced the end of the Network Reward program. All customers were issued coupons for the remaining reward value. They were also offered a refund of the original purchase price in the original form of payment, surrendering remaining points.
• 2006 – Announced the closing of 15 stores across the United States including several locations in California. These stores were being used to liquidate discontinued items from other stores across the nation until the end of October. Roman Ross, a former Philip Morris executive, replaced Tony Weiss as president and CEO after only four months in office. In November, CompUSA launched their new "Home Entertainment" rollout in 40 of its stores, including Puerto Rico, that sold a variety of high definition televisions and home theater equipment. Ross claimed that home entertainment was one of his chief focuses as the new CEO.^[12] In September, it was reported that CompUSA's Mexican parent, Grupo Carso, was interested in putting CompUSA up for sale.^[13]
• 2007 – The company announced the closing and liquidation of 126 stores due to the "need to close and sell stores with low performance or non strategic, old store layouts and locations faced with market saturation," according to CEO Roman Ross.^[14] The realignment included a $440 million cash infusion, store closures, major expense reductions, and a corporate restructuring.
• 2007 – On May 14, CompUSA finalizes the first round of store closures as liquidation sales end.

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