Editing CompUSA (section)

{{short description|Defunct retailer of consumer electronics}}
{{Infobox company
| name = CompUSA, Inc.
| logo = CompUSA logo.svg
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| fate = Absorbed into [[TigerDirect]] (original)
| defunct = {{end date|2008|}} (original), 2012 (Tiger Direct relaunch), 2023 (2018 relaunch)
| industry = Retail
| products = [[Electronics]]
| parent = [[Gordon Brothers|Specialty Equity]] (2007–2008)<br /> [[Systemax]] (2008–2013)<br />Source Brands Group, LLC.
| foundation = {{start date and age|1984}} (as Soft Warehouse)<br />[[Addison, Texas|Addison]], [[Texas]], U.S.<br />{{start date and age|2018}} (as CompUSA.com)
| location = [[Miami]], [[Florida]]
| locations = 
| website = {{url|https://www.compusabusiness.com/}}
}}

'''CompUSA, Inc.''' was a [[retail]]er and [[reseller]] of [[Personal computer|personal computers]], [[consumer electronics]], [[technology]] products and [[computer]] services. Starting with one [[Brick and mortar|brick-and-mortar store]] in 1986 under the name '''Soft Warehouse''', by the 1990s CompUSA had grown into a nationwide [[big-box store|big box]] chain. At its peak, it operated at least 229 locations.<ref name="dfarq">[https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-happened-to-compusa/ What happened to CompUSA?]</ref> Crushed by competition from other brick-and-mortar retailers, corporate oversight which was out of touch with evolving market realities, and a failure to make a strong transition to online sales, CompUSA began closing what they classified as "low performing" locations in 2006. By 2008 only 16 locations were left to be sold to [[Systemax]]. In 2012, remaining CompUSA and [[Circuit City]] stores were converted to [[TigerDirect]] stores, and later closed. As of 2023, the CompUSA online website redirects to an error page.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.compusa.com/|website=compusa.com|title=CompUSA|access-date=2022-06-15|archive-date=2022-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624111457/https://www.compusa.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref>