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The $999 personal computer was a boon for consumers in 1997, but a pain in the neck for retailers trying to improve comparable-store sales rates and profitability. Many entered 1997 […]

Office Depot's success in selling computer products has contributed mightily to its overall sales and industry-leading comp-store gains. Sales surpassed $4 billion in the latest fiscal year, and average comp-store […]

For U.S.-based vendors as a whole, recovery was the keyword for 1992. The U.S. IT market for the first time in more than a decade grew faster than its counterparts […]

European IT services companies are unpredictable entities in the current weak economic climate. Almost universally, revenues are falling, but the pain is more acute at some companies than at others. […]

WorldCom will not comment on rumors it would file bankruptcy as early as last weekend . . . Masood Jabbar, executive vice president of global sales operations, is retiring from […]

Microsoft reported third-quarter net income of $2.74 billion, compared with $2.45 billion for the same period last year . . . Compaq Computer reported first-quarter earnings of $44 million, compared […]

New York - Six storage vendors had six very different takes on the economy during their respective earnings calls last week. The results, a mix of the good, the bad […]

The use of work time by staff to telephone call centres that manage household bills or other domestic tasks is costing UK business more than [pound]80m a year. Research by [...]

New York - CDW Computer Centers and PC Connection have government and education customers to thank for helping them beat Wall Street's projections with their latest financial results. For the […]

* Egghead.com Inc. (Nasdaq:EGGS), headquartered in Menlo Park, Calif. with offices in Vancouver, Wash., is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and selling assets to Fry's Electronics. The company said it [...]

Menlo Park-based online computer retailer Egghead.com Inc., which has been hit hard by a decline in sales this year, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and will sell certain assets [...]

The envelope was in the mail, but the check wasn't, says irate vendor. ORLANDO -- Less than a week before Ramco Technologies Inc. declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the Orlando computer [...]

EASTSIDE COMPUTER RESELLERS Those located on the Eastside. Ranked by revenue. Company 2000 sales volume Address for Eastside Phone operations Rank Web site (in millions) 1 Hard Drives Northwest Inc. [...]

Authorities: The company allegedly defrauded thousands of consumers PIPERSVILLE -- A Gardenville resident has filed for bankruptcy protection for himself and his business after the state of Pennsylvania sued both [...]

Ranked by 2000 L.A. County revenues THE PACESETTER PC MALL INC. PC Mall Inc. continues to be the most successful computer reseller in Southern California The company reported a 16 [...]

Struggling Egghead.com Inc. secured $20 million in financing from IBM last week, but the online retailer was forced to use all of its assets as collateral for the financial lifeline. […]

When dot-coms awoke at the end of spring to find their coffers nearly empty, many pulled the plug on marketing. Suddenly dot-coms touted slashed ad budgets as proudly as children [...]

MINEOLA -- Micrograph Computers, a local computer systems retailer facing civil charges for deceptive business practices, has filed for Chapter 7 liquidation, leaving more than 350 customers and creditors out [...]

When Tim McGurran saw the latest copy of Barron's weekly business magazine, he threw up his hands. 'I said 'Here we go again,'' he said. Mr. McGurran, chief financial officer [...]

Electronics Boutique reported turnover up by 57% for the year to 31 January 2000. During the year, Electronics Boutique bought the GAME chain of 92 stores.

Colin Wallace's ambitious plans of a creating a national franchise for computer repair have ended in the death of PC Fixx. The Bellevue company has liquidated informally, rather than filing [...]

NEW YORK--The Wiz, the 41-unit, Edison, N.J.-based chain bought by Cablevision in December 1997, has a new leader and, for the first time, has made public some of its financial [...]

It has been two years since Cablevision rescued electronics chain The Wiz from bankruptcy, and so far, what the giant media company has to show for its gamble is mounting [...]

Menlo Park-based Egghead.com Inc. is experiencing the power of positive press. In a Dec. 29 press release, the e-retailer touted a report by New York-based research company Media Metrix Inc. [...]

With the completion of the merger between Onsale Inc. and Egghead.com Inc. Nov. 19, the new company, now named Egghead.com, provided financial guidance for upcoming quarters. Combined company revenue for […]

CompUSA Restates Earnings After SEC Talks CompUSA said it will restate three years of earnings and change the way it accounts for warranty contracts after talks with the Securities and [...]

CompUSA Inc. reported first-quarter fiscal 2000 sales slipped 2 percent to $1.36 billion from $1.39 billion in the year-ago quarter. Comparable retail store sales were off 0.3 percent for the […]

Selling computers and computer equipment in the brick-and-mortar world is getting tougher. Not only do stores have to compete with online retailers, but low-cost direct sellers such as Dell Computer […]

CompUSA Inc. reported fourth-quarter 1999 net sales of $1.5 billion vs. $1.2 billion in the same quarter of fiscal 1998. Including charges, the loss was $64.5 million vs. a loss […]

Egghead.com Inc. reported sales of $40.6 million for its first quarter ended July 3, a 37 percent increase compared with the comparable year-ago period. Operating losses declined 18 percent to […]

CompUSA reported fourth quarter net sales grew 23 percent to $1.46 billion from fourth quarter 1998's $1.19 billion. For full-year 1999, net sales grew 20 percent to$6.32 billion from $5.29 […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Bruno's here said last week it hopes to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy by Sept. 1. The company has been operating as a debtor-in-possession since filing for [...]

Giant computer retailer CompUSA reported a third quarter 1999 net loss of $4.9M, or 5 cents per share, compared with net income of $25.4M, or 27 cents per share, in […]

Circuit City's Comps Up Circuit City Stores' Circuit City Group reported an 8 percent increase in comp-store sales for January, after a 21 percent surge in sales to $710.7 million […]

Spokane, Wash.--Wall Street managed light applause, but computer industry circles reacted with considerable passion to Egghead's decision to shutter its stores and move expressly to the Internet. The bombshell disclosure […]

Gateway Takes Another Hit: Give Gateway Inc. points for trying. For its most recent quarterly results, the Poway-based PC retailer touted its comparative growth in sales at its retail stores, [...]

Daisytek, as expected, has seen its Q2 profits hit by costs related to its OP rollout in the USA and its Tape Company and Argentina businesses. The company announced a [...]

Gateway Inc. is facing an uphill battle in its quest to regain market share and regular profitability, analysts said. The San Diego-based seller of personal computers said it will slash [...]