CompUSA

 

 

 

 

CompUSA is a retailer and reseller of consumer electronics, technology products and computer services.

 

CompUSA serves consumer retail, small-to-medium businesses, corporate, government, and education customers. Founded in 1984 as Soft Warehouse in Addison, Texas, a northern suburb of Dallas, by Errol Jacobson and Michael Henochowicz,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, Dewey Thoes. In 1991, banner in the summer of 2008 for a total of 30 stores