Micro Center
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article does not cite any references or sources. (September 2007) Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. |
| Micro Center | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Type | Private |
| Founded | 1979[citation needed] |
| Headquarters | Hilliard, Ohio, United States |
| No. of locations | 21 |
| Products | Electronics & Accessories |
| Revenue | $1.05 billion *[citation needed] |
| Employees | 2,100 |
| Parent | Micro Electronics, Inc. |
| Website | http://www.microcenter.com |
| * Forbes magazine estimate | |
Micro Center is an American computer department store that was founded in 1979 by two former Radio Shack employees. The first Micro Center store was a 900 sq. ft. storefront located in the Lane Avenue Shopping Center in Upper Arlington, OH.
[edit] History
- 1980 - Original Micro Center store: small storefront on Lane Avenue in Columbus, Ohio
- 1981 - Moved to an old “mini mall” created from a former G.C. Murphy store in the Lane Avenue shopping center; became “The Computer Department Store”
- 1984 - Second store in Westerville, Ohio opened
- 1986 - MEI, the direct mail division of Micro Center, was formed as well as Corporate Sales which sold to commercial users
- 1988 - Third store opened in September of 1988 in Marietta, Georgia
- 1991 - Stores in Mayfield Heights and Sharonville, Ohio
- 1992 - Fairfax, Virginia and St. Davids, Pennsylvania. Micro Electronics, the fourth stand-alone division, was launched this same year with its first product, the WinBook notebook computer.
- 1993 - Tustin, California store opened
- 1994 - Houston, Texas store opened
- 1995 - Cambridge, Massachusetts and Dallas, Texas
- 1996 - Chicago, Illinois store opens taking over what used to be a "Handy Andy"
- 1997 - Santa Clara, California Micro Center opened
- 1998 - Opening of the Westbury, New York store on Long Island
- 1999 - Opening of Denver, Colorado and Overland Park, Kansas
- 2000 - Opening of Westmont, Illinois and St. Louis Park, Minnesota stores
- 2002 - Opening of Madison Heights/Troy, Michigan and Gwinnett/Duluth, Georgia stores
- 2007 - Opening of the North Jersey/Paterson store.
