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 ...

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 ...

CompUSA Inc. today announced its promise to give customers a great Windows Vista experience or their money back. For customers who purchase Windows Vista or Microsoft Office 2007 together with ...

Comp time: Computer retailer CompUSA is buying the Computer City retail chain from Tandy Corp. for $275 million in cash. The deal comes as Tandy works to sustain a turnaround it began last year as it ...

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 ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. (Crain's) -- CompUSA Stores Inc. has negotiated a lease ...

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. Financial ...

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 ...

The computer retail competition in South Florida gets a little hotter today with the opening of a CompUSA store in Deerfield Beach.“Until now, there hasn’t been anything like CompUSA here,” said Larry ...

TigerDirect has dubbed its new Miami CompUSA concept store ‘retail 2.0’, with the retailer saying the move is a response to the way that the internet has changed retail, adding that it feels the store ...

Computer superstore chain CompUSA Inc. said it will open a downtown Chicago flagship store on Oct. 24. The 41,900-square-foot-store, in a new retail center at Michigan and Chicago Avenues, will create ...