About CompUSA: •
CompUSA founded as Soft Warehouse in Dallas, Texas, in October 1984, originally sold "direct" to business customers. The company opened its first retail store in April 1985; opened its first Computer Superstore in April 1988; changed its name to
CompUSA in March 1991 and, in September 1998, CompUSA completed its acquisition of the Computer City chain from Tandy Corporation. In March 2000
CompUSA became a privately held company, under the new leadership of Mexican retail company, Grupo Sanborns.
CompUSA is now a leader in technology retail, and these days when you shop at
CompUSA you can find everything from printers to pocket PC's and plasma screen televisions! -
www.compusa.com CompUSA operates approximately 225 stores in 90 major metropolitan markets. These
CompUSA Superstores serve retail, corporate, government and education customers and include technical service departments.
CompUSA's inventory includes all major brands of computers and information products including Apple, Compaq, Epson, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Lotus, Microsoft, Toshiba and more.
CompUSA also carries more than 2,000 software titles. Many of the
CompUSA stores include classroom training facilities.
