So your neighborhood computer superstore is going away, huh? You know, some say that after we die a quick and tragic death, our soul lingers around if it’s not quite ready to cross over to the next ...

Microsoft had muted its mighty hype machine for the release of Windows 98. But CompUSA, having just agreed to pay $275-million to buy its chief rival, Computer City, from Tandy, was out to prove that ...

CompUSA, the nation's largest computer-store chain, agreed Monday to buy Computer City from Tandy Corp. for $275-million cash in a move that will eliminate CompUSA's closest competitor. CompUSA is ...

Systemax Inc. said it has agreed to buy the CompUSA Inc. brand, trademarks, e-commerce business and up to 16 retail outlets (download PDF). The deal, expected to close by the end of the first quarter, ...

Now and then a retailer gets a second act, and CompUSA has been handed one. After liquidating in 2007, the electronics chain — under new ownership — has returned with a new store concept called Retail ...

CompUSA, a computer and electronics retailer that has served as an Apple partner since the 90's, plans to close more than 50 percent of its stores over the next few months as part of a comprehensive ...

Ed Daddy wasn’t very surprised that his neighborhood CompUSA computer and home electronics store was closing. “Look at this,” the 43-year-old auto parts salesman said, gesturing around the nearly ...

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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 months to ...

CompUSA, the nation’s top home-computer chain that’s been fighting off a growing challenge from direct-market PC companies, snapped up its No. 2 rival Computer City for $275 million yesterday. Under ...

CompUSA Inc., the nation’s largest chain of computer superstores, said yesterday that it will open two stores in the Baltimore area, setting up a clash of “category killers” that could ram down ...