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CompUSA was a retailer and reseller of consumer electronics, technology products and computer services. Its headquarters were in Miami, Florida.〔"(About CompUSA.com, Inc. )" CompUSA. Retrieved on January 7, 2010.〕 Until its reorganization, CompUSA, Inc. was a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Commercial Corp S.A.B. de C.V.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=wrightreports.ecnext.com )〕 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.〔http://www.marketwatch.com/story/compusa-bought-by-gordon-bros-group-to-close-stores〕 Systemax purchased the CompUSA brand, 16 retail locations and other company assets in January, 2008. Systemax operated CompUSA retail stores in Florida, Texas, 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.〔(CompUSA.com Retail Store Locator )〕〔(CompUSA Retail 2.0 Store Updates )〕 On November 2, 2012, it was announced that Systemax would drop both the CompUSA and Circuit City storefront brands, consolidating their businesses under the TigerDirect brand and website.〔http://www.twice.com/articletype/news/systemax-cut-circuit-city-compusa-brands-exit-pc-manufacturing/103788〕 In November 2013 the CompUSA intellectual properties were sold to JASALI 645 Realty LLC. ==History== Founded in 1984 as Soft Warehouse in Addison, Texas, a northern suburb of Dallas, Texas, by Errol Jacobson and Michael Henochowicz,〔Halkias, Maria. (CompUSA couldn't overcome obsolete practices ). ''The Dallas Morning News''. 2008-02-05.〕 the company began national expansion in 1985 with its first megastore opening in Atlanta, Georgia. Jacobson and Henochowicz led a team of young managers including Elizabeth Greenwood and Pat Wyckoff who were skilled in retail, distribution, logistics, service and merchandising. Managed by Greenwood, the first satellite office opened in Tampa, Florida. Greenwood and Wyckoff soon joined forces with Cheryl Stoddard to open the Atlanta, Georgia store. The concept was copied in Dallas, and spurred the debut of stores in Houston and Southern California. Others involved in the process included Jeff Deskin, Randy Kilmer, James Ross, Melanie Collins and Dewey Thoes. In 1991, under the direction of Chief Executive Officer Nathan P. Morton, 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 after a falling out with the board of directors. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CompUSA」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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