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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1984 (as Soft Warehouse) Addison, Texas, U.S. 2018 (as CompUSA.com) |
| Defunct | 2008 (original), 2012 (Tiger Direct relaunch), 2023 (2018 relaunch) |
| Fate | Absorbed into TigerDirect (original) |
| Headquarters | Miami, Florida |
| Products | Electronics |
| Parent | Specialty Equity (2007–2008) Systemax (2008–2013) Source Brands Group, LLC. |
| Website | https://www.compusabusiness.com/ |
CompUSA, Inc., was a retailer and reseller of personal computers, consumer electronics, technology products and computer services. Starting with one brick-and-mortar store in 1986 under the name Soft Warehouse, by the 1990s CompUSA had grown into a nationwide big box chain. At its peak, it operated at least 229 locations.[1] Crushed by competition from other brick-and-mortar retailers, corporate oversight which was out of touch with evolving market realities, and a failure to make a strong transition to online sales, CompUSA began closing what they classified as "low performing" locations in 2006. By 2008 only 16 locations were left to be sold to Systemax. In 2012, remaining CompUSA and Circuit City stores were converted to TigerDirect stores, and later closed. As of 2023, the CompUSA online website redirects to an error page hosted on Wix.com.[2]
- ^ What happened to CompUSA?
- ^ "CompUSA". compusa.com. Archived from the original on 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2022-06-15.