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Dealerscope Top 101 CE Retailers Supplement

It’s not easy making it to the top – especially in retail. What is arguably the most

exciting business in the world is, at the same time, one of the most challenging. To be

singled out as a leader, is a very special honor.

In contrast to other more singularly-focused disciplines, succeeding at retail requires a

host of competencies. Add to that the variable of market economies, and it might seem

that planning and implementation are at best, rolls of the dice. The leaders, however,

always make it look easy, while other retailers know the real difficulty of getting it “just

right.”

Possessing a wide range of skill sets is just a starting point – branding, pricing,

inventory management, compliance, marketing, hiring, training, service, infrastructure,

accounting and advertising. These are the blocking and tackling parts of the game. The

elite performers add finesse by adding incremental revenue streams and looking for

expertise outside their organization, to broaden their market insight and mine new profit

opportunities.

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Being represented on the Top 101 list indicates excellence in retail disciplines and the

ability to navigate a challenging marketplace. Next comes the challenge of maximizing

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T he 101 retailers listed in Dealerscope’s an-nual registry rang up $198.51 billion in sales during 2007, a 6 percent increase over 2006’s $187.21 billion tally.

There was a bit more good news. Sales of consumer electronics—excluding vid-eogames—increased 5 percent for the three

months ending in November of 2007 from the same period in 2006, according to the NPD Group, a market researcher. But then came Black Friday, when America seemed to tighten its collective belt, according to the National Retail Federation. The average shopper spent only $348 that day, down from the $360 they coughed up on Black Friday 2006. On Cyber Monday, retailers across the Web slashed prices and started offering free shipping in order to lure shoppers.

The Wall Street rollercoaster. The bursting of the housing bubble. The subprime mortgage mess. The question now is whether consumer consumption—the drive to buy that pro-pels up to 70 percent of the U.S. economy—is on the down-swing and, if so, how CE retailers will be affected.

Trends are always in the works before someone bothers to label them as such. And some evidence suggests that anxiety had hit CE buyers before the holiday shopping season. Giants such as Best Buy and Wal-Mart posted gains during 2007. As the adage holds, the big keep getting bigger.

In 2007, the Top 10 CE retailers rang up sales of about $137.27 billion, 6.48 percent over last year’s total. Together, these giants command 69 percent of the entire Dealerscope registry. But last year also marked the end of the road for for-merly profi table retailers.

CompUSA, for example, ended 2006 with 226 stores, clos-ing half of them between March to May. In December, the chain was sold to the Gordon Brother Group restructuring and investment fi rm. That fi rm sold 16 CompUSA outlets to TigerDirect (which plans to run these stores under the CompUSA brand name, and re-brand its existing outlets to match). Gordon Brothers has announced its plans to shutter remaining CompUSA stores.

Tweeter also tanked. After proving unable to compete when the big boxes slashed prices on fl at-panel TVs—the CE must-have of the 2006 holiday-shopping season—Tweeter’s sales began to drop. It fi led for Chapter 11, and in June was bought by Schultz Asset Management. More than 50 Tweet-er stores have since closed, leaving about 103. In January, Schultz also closed the Tweeter Internet store.

There was reason for concern at other chains, as well.Circuit City closed 69 stores in 2007 (including more

than 60 of its The Source outlets in Canada), and posted fi ve straight quarterly losses. The company blamed its store overhaul plan as reason for the loss. Sears Holding Corp., the parent company of Sears and Kmart, faces similar challenges. Same-store sales fell 2.8 percent during the holiday shopping season at Sears and 4.2 percent at Kmart. The company an-nounced plans for a corporate overhaul, dividing the com-pany into fi ve units in an attempt to simplify operations.

How corporate moves will play out in what’s likely to be a sketchy 2008 economy is anyone’s guess. We’ll keep you posted.

MethodologyDealerscope researched virtually all large electronics re-

tailers in North America—as well as hardware manufacturers selling direct to consumers—to come up with its 101 Club. Information on electronics sales, total sales and store counts was gleaned from readily available sources, including SEC fi lings, Hoovers listings, corporate press releases, corporate homepages, various electronic business databases, as well as the local press covering the businesses in question.

Dealerscope contacted each retailer, giving it the opportu-nity to confi rm or contest initial fi gures. Many confi rmed sales estimates. Some privately held companies, however, re-fused to disclose sales information. Other companies, both public and private, could not or would not break out CE sales from their overall merchandise mixes. Finally, some compa-nies did not return telephone calls. In these cases, Dealer-scope published its best estimates.

All sales listed are reported on a calendar year, rather than fiscal year, basis.

When listing CE sales, we included electronics sales generated by companies’ corporate sales, as well as sales to governmental bodies and the educational arena. When list-ing overall sales, we have excluded club membership fees, revenues generated by the credit offerings at some chains and other revenues peripherally related to retail sales.

Finally, again to the best of our ability, we have excluded sales to regions other than the United States and Canada. Store counts cover only those venues in the United States and Canada that actually sell consumer electronics. CE estimates include sales of pre-recorded media. All sales and store count information should be considered Dealerscope estimates.

CE’s Top RetailersDespite some high-profile casualties last year, retailers increased overall sales.

By Laura SpinaLe

Sales include the company’s

Americas operations only. They

exclude sales of subsidiary

Alienware, which are covered

elsewhere in this registry. Dell

sales in foreign markets in-

creased far more than domestic

sales last year.

Store counts and sales represent

the company’s Best Buy United

States operations only. Best Buy

Canada and Magnolia are cov-

ered elsewhere in this registry.

Most of the Best Buy stores

opened in 2007 were more than

30 percent smaller than the

standard format the company

has used over the last 10 years.

Sales and store counts include

U.S. operations only. Store

counts exclude Neighborhood

Markets. Sam’s Clubs and

Wal-Mart’s Canada operations

are covered elsewhere in this

registry.

Circuit City seems to be strug-

gling. Its comp store sales

dropped 5.6 percent during its

third fiscal quarter. A cost-cut-

ting move in which the company

fired thousands of experienced

sales clerks, replacing them with

lower-wage help, backfired when

the newcomers failed to sell con-

sumers high-margin products.

Merchandise Codes:ATV-M Electronics/appliance stores (multi-regional)ATV-R Electronics/appliance stores (regional)EO Electronics onlyDG Drug storeDS Department store

HO Office supply storeMM Mass merchantPC Computer retailerPX Military exchangesSOF Software storeTOY Toy storeWC Warehouse club

Channel Codes:Web Internet sales+Web Selling via Internet in addition to physical storefrontsMO Mail-order/catalog sales+MO/Web Selling via mail-order and Internet, in addition to physical

storefrontsTV Television sales

No channel code implies state via physical storefronts only.All are Dealerscope estimates.Sales estimates represent U.S. and Canada consumer sales.All store counts represent U.S. and Canada locations. See methodology note, opposite page.

Dealerscope’s Top 101 CE Retailers SponSored by:

Rank Rank CE Sales % CE Change Total Sales No. of Stores2007 2006 Retailer 2007 2006 ‘07 vs. ‘06 2007 2006 2007 2007 Company News

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1 1 Dell 36.34 B 36.08 B .72 36.34 B 36.08 B 1 1 1 Dell Way

Round Rock, Texas 78682

512-338-4400

www.dell.com

CEO: Michael S. Dell

Public, EO (MO/WEB)

2 2 Best Buy 29.23 B 25.55 B 14.4 33.22 B 29.37 B 917 812 7601 Penn Ave. South

Richfi eld, Minn. 55423

612-291-1000

www.bestbuy.com

CEO: Bradbury H. Anderson

Public, ATVM

3 3 Wal-Mart 24.25 B 22.83 B 6.22 242.51 B 228.27 B 3407 3331 702 SW Eighth St.

Bentonville, Ariz. 72716

479-273-4000

www.wal-mart.com

CEO: H. Lee Scott Jr.

Public, MM

4 4 Circuit City 11.25 B 11.92 B -5.6 11.25 B 11.92 B 684 653 9950 Maryland Dr.

Richmond, Va. 23233

804-486-4000

www.circuitcity.com

CEO: Philip J. Schoonover

Public, EO (+WEB)

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Dealerscope’s Top 101 CE RetailersRank Rank CE Sales % CE Change Total Sales No. of Stores2007 2006 Retailer 2007 2006 ‘07 vs. ‘06 2007 2006 2007 2007 Company News

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CDW was acquired in October.

CEO Robert Ulrich is retiring on

May 1. He will be succeeded by

Target president Gregg Steinhafel.

Store counts and sales fi gures

listed here represent Staples’

North American Retail and North

American Delivery operations

only. Staples is moving onto Offi

ce Depot’s turf. It plans to open

two stores this summer near Offi

ce Depot’s Delray Beach, Flor.,

headquarters.

GameStop sales for the 2007

November/December shopping

season rose more than 35 percent

over 2006’s tally.

Store counts and sales figures

cover only Apple’s retail oper-

ations—and only in the United

States and Canada. In January,

Apple bowed the MacBook Air,

billed as the world’s thinnest

notebook computer. It is .16

inches at its thinnest point, .76

at its widest.

1. Dell2. CDW3. Amazon.com4. Gateway5. Systemax/Tiger Direct6. Newegg.com

7. SonyStyle/Sony Retail Stores8. Bose9. Buy.com10. QVC11. HSN12. Overstock.com

13. Crutchfield14. Alienware15. Ecost.com16. Huppins HiFi/OneCall17. Zipzoomfly.com18. UBid.com

Top Retailers: Online/Catalogue

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5 6 CDW Corporation 7.41 B 6.78 B 9.29 7.41 B 6.78 B N/A N/A 300 N. Milwaukee Ave.

Vernon Hills, Ill. 60061

847-465-6000

www.cdw.com

CEO: John A. Edwardson

Private, CS (MO/Web Only)

6 7 Target 7.16 B 6.5 B 10.15 62.26 B 56.55 B 1,591 1,494 1000 Nicollet Mall

Minneapolis, Minn. 55403

612-304-6073

http://www.target.com

CEO: Robert J. Ulrich

Public, MM

7 5 Staples 6.57 B 6.09 B 7.88 16.94 B 15.7 B 1,713 1,576 500 Staples Dr.

Framingham, Mass. 01702

508-253-5000

www.staples.com

CEO: Ronald L. Sargent

Public, HO (+MO)

8 10 GameStop 5.9 B 4.39 B 34.4 5.9 B 4.39 B 4,285 4,066 625 Westport Parkway

Grapevine, Texas 76051

817-424-2000

www.gamestop.com

CEO: R. Richard Fontaine

Public, EO

9 15 Apple Computer 4.72 B 3.03 B 55.77 4.72 B 3.03 B 176 156 Retail Stores

1 Infi nite Loop

Cupertino, Calif. 95014

408-996-1010

www.apple.com

CEO: Steven P. Jobs

Public, EO

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Store counts and sales represent

Best Buy Canada and Future

Shop only. U.S. Best Buy and

Magnolia stores are covered

elsewhere in this registry. In

2007, Best Buy opened its fi rst

Atlantic Canadian location, in

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

In November, RadioShack settled

a class action suit with more

than 4,000 current and former

store managers who claimed

they were due overtime pay.

The settlement was close to $9

million.

Overall sales cover Amazon’s

North American operations

only. In January, the company

announced that it will acquire

Audible Inc., an online audio

book company.

Overall sales include revenues

from Costco’s warehouse clubs

in the United States and Canada

only. They exclude all member-

ship fees and retail sales from

United Kingdom, Korea, Taiwan,

Japan and Mexico. Costco credits

CE, along with food and phar-

macy products, for its increasing

sales.

1. Best Buy2. Wal-Mart3. Circuit City4. Staples5. Target6. OfficeMax

7. GameStop8. RadioShack9. CompUSA10. Apple Computer

Retail Stores11. Costco

12. Office Depot13. Sam’s14. Sears15. Kmart16. Army17. Toys R Us

18. Tweeter19. BJ’s20. Ritz Camera21. The Sharper Image22. Walgreen23. Big Lots

24. Rite Aid25. Home Depot26. Navy27. Marine28. 29. J.C. Penny

30. Federated Dept Stores

40. Kohl’s

Top Retailers: National

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10 12 Best Buy Canada 4.44B 3.53B 25.8 5.05B 4.06B 182 168 8800 Glenlyon Pkwy.

Burnaby, British Columbia V5J 5K3, Canada

604-435-8223

www.bestbuy.ca


Public, ATVM

11 11 RadioShack 4.15 4.78 -13.18 4.15 4.78 6,703 6,835 300 RadioShack Circle

Fort Worth, Texas 76102

817-415-3011

www.radioshack.com

CEO: Julian Day

Public, EO

12 9 Amazon.com 3.88 B 2.8 B 38.56 8.09 B 5.87 N/A N/A 1200 12th Ave. South,

Suite 1200

Seattle, Wash. 98144

206-266-1000

www.amazon.com

CEO: Jeffrey P. Bezos

Public, DS (WEB Only)

13 16 Costco Wholesale 3.77 B 3.5 B 7.71 63.51 B 58.84 B 464 441 Corporation 999 Lake Dr.

Issaquah, Wash. 98027

425-313-8100

www.costco.com

CEO: James D. Sinegal

Public, WC

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Figures here represent business

and consumer sales in the

United States and Canada. CE

sales represent electronics sales

to those market segments.

The company has launched

a remote technical-support

program called ctrlcenter. It al-

lows home offi ce workers and

others 24/7 remote computer

support.

Sales exclude Gateway opera-

tions in Japan, the UK, Mexico

and France. The company was

bought by Acer in October.

Overall sales and CE sales cover

North American Retail and

North American Business Solu-

tions divisions in the US and

Canada. In late November, the

hedge fund Ziff Asset Manage-

ment bought more than 17

million shares of Offi ce Depot.

Store count and sales fi gures

include Sam’s U.S. operations

only. Canadian operations

are covered in the Wal-Mart

Canada section of this registry.

Wal-Mart is greening Sam’s,

opening new clubs with sky-

lights, energy-effi cient lighting

and cooling systems and other

earthfriendly implementations.

1. Best Buy Canada2. Fry’s3. Brandsmart USA4. H.H. Greg5. P.C. Richard and Son6. Ultimate Electronics7. Music and Computer World

8. B&H Photo9. Car Toys10. Abt Electronics11. Conn’s12. Nebraska Furniture Mart13. Sixth Avenue Electronics14. Electronics Expo

15. Abe’s of Main16. Bernie’s17. Vann’s18. MyerEmco19. Queen City Audio, Video and

Appliances20. Harvey Electronics

21. Cowboy Maloney’s Electric City22. Howard’s Appliance and Big Screen Superstore23. 24. Listen Up25. Bjorn’s Audio Video

Top Retailers: Regional and/or Independents

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14 8 OfficeMax 3.51 B 3.42 B 2.63 8.34 B 8.13 B 904 859 263 Shuman Blvd.

Naperville, Ill. 60563

630-438-7800

http://www.offi cemax.com

CEO: Sam K. Duncan

Type: Public, HO (+MO)

15 14 Gateway 3.39 B 3.66 B -7.34 3.39 B 3.66 B N/A N/A 7565 Irvine Center Drive

Irvine, Calif. 92618

949-471-7000

www.gateway.com

CEO: Rudi Schmidleithner

Public, EO (MO/WEB)

16 17 Office Depot 2.99 B 2.97 B 6.73 11.45 B 11.37 B 1,212 1,158 2200 Old Germantown Rd.

Delray Beach, Fla. 33445

561-438-4800

www.offi cedepot.com

CEO: Steve Odland

Public, HO (+MO)

17 18 Sam’s Club 2.77 B 2.6 B 6.54 44.77 B 42.06 B 586 579 608 SW 8th St.

Bentonville, Ariz. 72712

479-277-7000

www.samsclub.com

CEO: C. Douglas McMillon

Public, WC

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18 19 Sears, Roebuck 2.72 B 2.8 -2.86 28.4 B 29.24 B 933 935 and Co. 3333 Beverly Rd.

Hoffman Estates, Ill. 60179

847-286-2500

www.sears.com

CEO: Aylwin B. Lewis

Public, DS

19 13 CompUSA 2.5 B 4 B -37.5 2.5 B 4 B 103 229 14951 N. Dallas Pkwy.

Dallas, Texas 75254

972-982-4000

www.compusa.com

CEO: William S. Weinstein

20 20 Fry’s Electronics 1.94 B 1.9 B 2.1 2.65 B 2.6 B 34 33 600 E. Brokaw Rd.

San Jose, Calif. 95122

408-487-4500

www.frys.com

CEO: John Fry

Private, ATVM

21 23 Systemax/ 1.83 B 1.46 B 25.43 1.99 B 1.6 B 11 8 Tiger Direct 11 Harbor Park Drive

Port Washington, N.Y. 11050

516-608-7000

www.tigerdirect.com

CEO: Richard Leeds

Public, EO

22 22 PC Connection, Inc. 1.75 B 1.63 B 7.36 1.75 B 1.63 B N/A N/A 730 Milford Rd.

Merrimack, N.H. 03054

603-683-2000

www.pcconnection.com

CEO: Patricia Gallup

Public, CS (MO/Web Only)

23 25 Newegg.com 1.7 B 1.5 B 13.33 1.7 B 1.5 B N/A N/A 9997 E. Rose Hills Rd.

Whittier, Calif. 90601

909-395-9046

www.newegg.com

CEO: Fred Chang

Type: Private, EO (Web only)

Sales represent Sears U.S. rev-

enues only. Store count includes

only Sears full-line stores. Kmart

and Sears Canada are covered

elsewhere in this registry. Sears

Holding Corp. is attempting to

spark a corporate turnaround

in part by improving its online

business.

After closing more than half its

stores from March through May,

CompUSA was sold in December

to the Gordon Brothers Group

restructuring and investment

firm. Systemax has announced

that it is buying about 16

CompUSA stores and other

assets from Gordon Brothers:

the rest of CompUSA stores are

being shuttered.

Fry’s 34th store opened in

April in the Sacramento, Calif.,

area. Harkening to the town’s

railroading history, it is designed

and decorated with a train

theme.

Figures here exclude sales from

Systemax’s European division.

The company announced in

January that it is acquiring

certain assets from CompUSA,

including the CompUSA brand,

trademark, Web commerce

business and up to 16 CompUSA

retail outlets.

Improvement in the small-and

medium-sized business markets

helped fuel PC Connection’s

strong 2007.

In 2007, Newegg partnered with

AT&T and added cell phones to

its electronics mix.

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24 27 Toys R Us 1.52 B 1.35 B 1.3 6.71 B 6.49 B 653 652 1 Geoffrey Way

Wayne, N.J. 07470

973-617-3500

www.toysrus.com

CEO: Gerald L. Storch

Private, TOYS

25 21 Trans World 1.31 B 1.49 B -12.08 1.31 B 1.49 B 950 1121 Entertainment 38 Corporate Circle

Albany, N.Y. 12203

518-452-1242

www.twec.com

CEO: Robert J. Higgins

Public, EO (+ Web)

26 28 Micro Electronics/ 1.28 B 1.2 B 6.66 1.28 B 1.2 B 21 19 Micro Center 4119 Leap Rd.

Hilliard, Ohio 43026

614-850-3000

www.microcenter.com

CEO: Richard Mershad

Private, EO

Private, EO

27 26 Army Air Force 1.27 B 1.23 B 3.25 9.2 B 8.92 B 160 147 Exchange Service 3911 S. Walton Walker Blvd.

Dallas, Texas 75236

214-312-2011

www.aafes.com

CEO: Brigadier General Keith L. Thurgood

Public, PX (+MO)

28 29 PC Mall, Inc. 1.14 1 14 1.14 B 1 B 3 3 2555 W. 190th St.,

Suite 201

Torrance, Calif. 90504

310-354-5600

www.pcmall.com

CEO: Frank F. Khulusi

Public, PC (+MO)

Overall sales include revenues

from Toys R Us outlets in the

United States and Canada only.

They exclude sales from the

company’s Babies R Us outlets,

and all other revenues earned

outside the United States and

Canada. The company seems to

be struggling: it reported a loss

of $76 million for its third fiscal

quarter, compared to a profit

of roughly $41 million for the

same period in 2006.

Facing a 12 percent drop in

comp store sales for the 2007

holiday season, CEO Robert

Higgins is trying to buy the com-

pany, in effect taking it private.

Trans World operates

entertainment chains such as

F.Y.E., Coconuts Music & Movies,

Wherehouse Music and Movies,

and others.

Micro Center opened new stores

in Paterson, N.J., and in Rockville,

Md.

The Army Air Force Exchange

Service (AAFES) is embarking on

a $1 billion capital improvement

program to upgrade its stores.

Store count covers AAFES full-

line stores only.

PC Mall, in August, bought

Sarcom, a Columbus, Ohio-

area information technology

company with reported annual

revenues of roughly $250

million.

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29 24 Kmart Corporation 943.9 M 1 B -5.61 17.67 B 18.72 B 1,394 1,388 3333 Beverly Rd.

Hoffman Estates, Ill. 60179

847-286-2500

www.kmart.com

CEO: Aylwin B. Lewis

Public, MM

30 34 SonyStyle/ 820 M 725 M 13.1 820 M 725 M 57 50 Sony Retail Stores 550 Madison Avenue

New York, N.Y. 10022

212-833-6800

www.sonystyle.com

CEO: Howard Stringer

Public, EO

31 31 Brandsmart USA 715 M 650 M 10 1.1 B 1 B 8 8 3200 SW 42nd St.

Hollywood, Fla. 33312

954-797-4000

www.brandsmartusa.com

CEO: Michael Perlman

Private, ATVM

32 35 hhgregg 683.7 M 630 M 8.49 1.29 B 1.05 85 74 4151 E 96th St.

Indianapolis, Ind. 46240-1442

317-848-8710

www.hhgregg.com

CEO: Jerry Throgmartin

Public, ATVM

33 36 Zones, Inc. 679.43 M 577.03 M 17.75 679.43 M 577.03 M N/A N/A 1102 15th St. SW, Suite 102

Auburn, Wash. 98001

253-205-3000

www.zones.com

CEO: Firoz H. Lalji

Public, CS (+MO)

34 38 P.C. Richard & Son 655 M 600 M 9.12 1.28 B 1.2 B 50 49 150 Price Pkwy.

Farmingdale, N.Y. 11735

631-843-4300

CEO: Gary Richard

Private, ATVM

Sales and store counts represent

U.S. Kmart revenues only. Sears

and Sears Canada are covered

elsewhere in this registry. Kmart

parent Sears Holding seems to

be struggling. In its fiscal third

quarter, it reported earnings of

only $2 million, compared to the

$196 million it earned over the

same period a year before.

SonyStyle is selling the Sony

Bravia VPL-VW40 front projector.

The machine projects sharp TV

images of up to 25 diagonal feet.

Bransdmart USA operates eight

stores in the South Florida and

greater Atlanta areas.

The company went public in the

summer.

Zones attributes its sales increase

to upped sales to small- and

midsized businesses. While this

direct marketer does sell to con-

sumers, the vast majority of its

sales are made to business and

public sector accounts.

P.C. Richard opened its fi rst

Staten Island store in the fall.

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35 32 BJ’s Wholesale Club 622 M 576 M 7.99 8.89 8.23 176 171 One Mercer Rd.

Natick, Mass. 01760

508-651-7400

www.bjswholesale.com

CEO: Herbert J. Zarkin

Public, WC

36 33 InterTAN 591.2 M 576 M 2.64 591.2 M 576 M 788 955 Canada Ltd./

The Source by Circuit City

279 Bayview Drive

Barrie, Ontario L4M 4W5, Canada

705-728-1617

www.thesourcecc.com

CEO: Steven Pappas

Public, EO (+Web)

37 40 Ritz Camera Centers 580 M 515 M 12.62 1.18 1.15 1,000 1,050 6711 Ritz Way

Beltsville, Md. 20705

301-419-0000

www.ritzpix.com

CEO: David M. Ritz

Private, CAM

38 30 Tweeter Newco LLC 520 M 743 M -30.13 520 M 743 M 97 154 40 Pequot Way

Canton, Mass. 02021

781-830-3000

www.tweeeter.com

CEO: George Granoff

Private, EO (No Web)

39 37 Bose 473 M 450 M 5.11 2 B 1.9 B 123 118 The Mountain

Framingham, Mass. 01701

508-879-7330

www.bose.com

CEO: Amar G. Bose

Private, EO

40 53 Car Toys Inc. 412 M 403 M 2.23 412 M 403 M 430 431 20 W. Galer St.


206-443-0980

www.cartoys.com

CEO: Daniel Brettler

Private, EO

BJ’s new clubs are located in its

New England home base.

Circuit City closed a plethora

of Canadian stores this year,

and Brian Levy, CEO of InterTAN

Canada/The Source by Circuit

City since 2004, resigned in May.

Ritz Camera Centers stores

operate under the names Ritz

Camera, Kits Camera, The Cam-

era Shop and Inkley’s.

Tweeter fi led for bankruptcy in

June, and has since been bought

by the hedge fund asset man-

agement company Schultz Asset

Management.

In September, Bose bowed

speakers designed for better

sound quality from desktop

computers.

Car Toys sells automotive CE

through 49 stand-alone loca-

tions. It sells wireless telephones

and services through its Wireless

Advocates subsidiary, which has

kiosks at 381 Costco warehouse

clubs. Through a partnership

with the Massachusetts- based

Second Rotation Inc., Car Toys is

helping consumers sell their old

consumer electronics. Computer

programs running at Car Toys

stores tell clerks exactly what

Second Rotation will pay Car

Toys consumers for their old

gear.

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41 51 B&H Photo Video 400 M 382 M 4.71 400 M 382 M 1 1 420 9th Avenue


212-444-6615

www.bhphotovideo.com

CEO: Herman Schreiber

Private, CAM (+MO)

42 42 Buy.com 399.2 M 400 M -2 461.5 M 462 M N/A N/A 85 Enterprise, Suite 100

Aliso Viejo, Calif. 92656

949-389-2000

www.buy.com

CEO: Neel Grover

Private, DS (Web Only)

43 52 Sears Canada 383.6 M 366.1 M 4.78 5.48 B 5.23 B 123 123 222 Jarvis St.

Toronto, Ontario M5B 2B8, Canada

416-362-1711

www.sears.ca

CEO: Dene L. Rogers

Public, DS

44 44 Liberty Media/QVC 366 M 350 M 4.57 5.21 B 4.98 B 7 7 1200 Wilson Dr.

West Chester, Pa. 19380

484-701-1000

www.qvc.com

CEO: Michael George

DS

45 39 ABC Warehouse 360 M 350 M 2.86 550 M 535 M 60 58 1 Silverdome Industrial Park

Pontiac, Mich. 48343

248-335-4222

www.abcwarehouse.com

CEO: Gordon Hartunian

Private, ATVM

46 45 Ultimate Acquisition 355 M 350 M 1.43 355 M 350 M 32 32 Partners/Ultimate Electronics 321 W. 84th Ave., Suite A

Thornton, Colo. 80260

303-412-2500

www.ultimateelectronics.com

CEO: Mark J. Wattle

Private, ATVM

B&H has announced plans for

a $50 million warehouse to be

constructed in the Brooklyn

Navy Yards. The warehouse is

home for the stock that B&H

sells through its worldrenowned

Web business.

In August, Buy.com bowed a

service called Garage Sale. It

allows Buy. com customers

to sell goods, typically used

stuff from around the house,

via their Facebook pages. Buy.

com collects the cash for their

customers, keeping a 5 percent

commission.

Sears Canada has sold its Jarvis

Street building and is the pro-

cess of moving its headquarters

a few blocks away, to Toronto’s

Yonge Street.

Sales fi gures exclude QVC’s

international operations. QVC,

which until recently owned 25

percent of IAC/Interactive Corp

(the parent of rival HSN), recent-

ly boosted its ownership share

to 30 percent. Talk of acquisition

or merger is in the air.

ABC Warehouse operates stores

in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio,

under the names ABC Ware-

house, Hawthorne Home Appli-

ance and Mickey Shorr Mobile

Electronics.

In late 2007, Ultimate began

selling majap in its two Okla-

homa City stores.

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47 47 J & R Music and 337 M 332 M 1.45 360 M 345 M 2 1 Computer World 23 Park Row


212-238-9000

www.jr.com

CEOs:

Joseph Friedman

Rachelle Friedman

Private, ATVM (+MO)

48 41 The Kroger Co./ 315 M 300 M 5 77.43 B 62.12 B 128 128 Fred Meyer 1014 Vine St.

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

513-762-4000

www.kroger.com

CEO: David B. Dillon

Public, MM (No Web)

49 59 Alienware 287 M 280 M 2.5 287 M 280 M 1 1 Corporation 14591 SW 120th St.

Miami, Fla. 33186

305-251-9797

www.alienware.com

CEO: Nelson Gonzalez

Public, CS

50 43 The Sharper Image 286.27 M 389.02 M -26.41 381.7 M 518.7 M 186 194 350 The Embarcadero

6th Floor

San Francisco, Calif. 94105

415-445-6000

www.sharperimage.com

CEO: Steven Lightman

Type: Public, ATVM (+MO)

51 69 6th Avenue Electronics 262 M 202 M 29.7 262 M 202 M 12 10 22 Route 22

Springfi eld, N.J. 07081

973-467-3905

www.6ave.com

CEO: Mike Temiz

Private, EO

52 N/A Wal-Mart 260.46 M 206.12 M 26.36 2.78 B 2.2 B 298 289 Canada Corp. 1940 Argentia Rd.

Mississauga, Ontario L5N 1P9, Canada

905-821-2111

www.walmartcanada.ca

CEO: David Cheesewright

Type: Public, MM/WC

J&R operates out of a complex

on Manhattan’s Park Row, and

as a store-within-a-store at

Macy’s Herald Square. In 2007, it

expanded its three-level camera

store in the Park Row complex.

The Kroger grocery chain sells CE

only through its Fred Meyer arm,

and only Fred Meyer outlets are

included in the store count. In

addition to CE, Fred Meyer su-

percenters sell everything from

clothing to fuel.

Alienware, often considered the

PC maker of choice for the

gamer, in 2007 bowed the MJ-12

8550i Workstation, a super fast

computer for the non-game

world.

New CEO Steven Lightman

previously served as president

of Crosstown, Traders and as an

executive with Fingerhut.

The company’s new stores are

located in Brick, N.J. and in

Commack, Long Island.

Sales and store counts cover

Wal- Mart and Sam’s operation

in Canada. Wal-Mart Canada

Corp. CEO Mario Pilozzi retired

early in 2008. He is succeeded

by David Cheesewright, whose

previous position was as COO of

Wal-Mart’s British grocery chain,

the ASDA Group.

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53 55 Beach Trading 255 M 240 M 6.25 255 M 240 M 1 1 Company/ Beach Camera and Electronics 80 Carter Drive

Edison, N.J. 08817

732-623-4650

www.beachcamera.com

CEO: Raymond Mosseri

Private, CAM (+MO)

54 46 IAC/InterActiveCorp 254 M 250 M 1.6 2.44 B 2.4 B 3 3 - HSN 1 HSN Drive

St. Petersburg, Fla. 33729

727-872-1000

www.hsn.com

CEO: Mindy F. Grossman

Type: DS

55 54 American TV & 253.01 M 245 M 3.27 486.34 M 463 M 15 15 Appliance 2404 W. Beltline Hwy.

Madison, Wis. 53713

608-271-1000

www.americantv.com

CEO: Douglas G. Reuhl

Private, ATVM

56 50 Game Crazy 250 M 208.82 M 19.72 250 M 208.82 M 609 651 900 W. Main St.

Dothan, Ala. 36301

334-677-2108

www.gamecrazy.com

CEO: Joe Thomas Malugen

Public, EO (No Web)

57 58 Abt Electronics, Inc. 237 M 221 M 7.24 300 M 281 M 1 1 1200 N. Milwaukee Ave.

Glenview, Ill. 60025

847-967-8830

www.abt.com

CEO: Robert J. Abt

Private, ATV1

58 48 Overstock.com 236.8 M 250 M -5.28 746.54 M 788.15 M N/A N/A 6350 S. 3000 East

Salt Lake City, Utah 84121

801-947-3100

www.overstock.com

CEO: Patrick M. Byrne

Public, CO (Web only)

The company operates through

mail-order catalogs, the Internet

and a single 7,000-foot show-

room.

Parent IAC has announced its

plans to spin off HSN, along with

four other companies now oper-

ating under the IAC umbrella.

American TV purchased the

fourstore, Wisconsin-based

Kennedy-Hahn Appliance. Ameri-

can thenclosed those outlets,

incorporating the products sold in

Kennedy-Hahn

showrooms into existing Ameri-

can stores.

Game Crazy is a division of

Movie Gallery Inc. It serves up 14

freestanding stores. The rest of its

outlets sits within Movie Gallery’s

Hollywood Video outlets. Sales

fi gures represent Game Crazy

sales only. Parent Movie Gallery

in October declared bankruptcy.

It has been de-listed by NASDAQ,

and closed more than 500 stores,

although few of those closed had

housed Game Crazy outlets.

Abt re-launched its Web site in

May to include video and more

images of products sold.

Overstock sells closeout merchan-

dise in categories including CE,

clothing, housewares, books and

vacations.

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59 61 Walgreen Co. 233 M 205 M 13.66 55.49 B 49.84 B 6,148 5,586 200 Wilmot Road

Deerfi eld, Ill. 60015

847-914-2500

CEO: Jeffrey A. Rein

Public, DG

60 74 Adir International 217 M 150 M 44.66 506 M 350 M 10 6 Export Ltd./La Curacao

1650 W. Olympic Blvd.

Los Angeles, Calif. 90015

213-386-4412

www.lacuracao.com

CEO: Ron Azarkman

Type: Private, DS

61 63 Big Lots, Inc. 215 M 212 M 1.41 4.81 B 4.74 B 1,368 1,375 300 Phillipi Rd.

Columbus, Ohio 43228

614-278-6800

www.biglots.com

CEO: Steven S. Fishman

Public, CO

62 60 Conn’s 213.61 M 196.29 M 8.82 673.39 M 619.21 M 65 60 3295 College St.

Beaumont, Texas 77701

409-832-1696

www.conns.com

CEO: Thomas J. Frank Sr.

Public, ATVM

63 66 Nebraska Furniture 208 M 200 M 4 950 M 921 M 3 3 Mart 700 S. 72nd St.

Omaha, Neb. 68114

402-397-6100

www.nfm.com

CEO: Irvin Blumkin

Public, HF

64 62 Meijer Inc. 195 M 190 M 2.63 14.3 B 13.9 B 181 176 2929 Walker Ave. NW

Grand Rapids, Mich. 49544

616-453-6711

www.meijer.com

CEO: Hendrik G. Meijer

Private, DG

65 65 R.C. Willey Home 190 M 180 M 5.55 794 M 750 M 13 13 Furnishings

2301 S. 300 West

Salt Lake City, Utah 84115

801-461-3900

www.rcwilley.com

CEO: William H. Child

Public, HF

Walgreen’s has bought 20 drug

stores in Puerto Rico from Far-

macias El Amal, a family-owned

chain based on that island.

Among the chain’s openings is a

store in Phoenix, Ariz. This is La

Curacao’s foray out of California.

The chain hopes to open a sec-

ond Arizona store this year.

Big lots has embarked on a $190

million improvement plan,

remodeling stores, improving

merchandise selections and

upgrading its cash registers.

The company has announced it

plans to open 11 new stores by

the end of July.

In October, the company’s fl

agship Omaha store bowed a

$15 million renovation to its

appliance and CE departments.

As a result, the store now stocks

about 200 television models, and

boasts its own Apple, Sony and

Bose stores-within-astore.

Meijer sells a mix of groceries

and general merchandise from

stores (averaging 40 depart-

ments each) located in Michi-

gan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,

and Ohio.

R. C. Willey celebrated its 75th

anniversary in 2007. In 1995,

the company was purchased by

Berkshire-Hathaway.

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66 49 REX Stores 189.11 M 223.2 M -15.27 317.83 M 349.3 M 124 164 Corporation 2875 Needmore Road

Dayton, Ohio 45414

937-276-3931

www.rexstores.com

CEO: Stuart A. Rose

Public, ATVM (No Web)

67 67 ValueVision Media/ 175 M 170 M 2.94 783.87 M 765.85 M N/A N/A ShopNBC 6740 Shady Oak Rd.

Eden Prairie, Minn. 55344

952-943-6000

www.valuevisionmedia.com

CEO: John D. Buck

Public, DS (TV, We only)

68 68 Video Only 162 M 157 M 3.18 162 M 157 M 14 14 500 Strander Blvd.


(206) 444-1655

www.videoonly.com

CEO: Peter Edwards

Private, EO (No Web)

69 57 ShopKo Stores Inc. 153 M 150 M 2 2.25 B 2.2 B 132 132 700 Pilgrim Way

Green Bay, Wis. 54304

920-429-2211

www.shopko.com

President: Michael McDonald

Private, DS (No Web)

70 N/A Accoona 135 M 134 M .75 150 M 149.2 M N/A N/A 101 Hudson Street, Suite 3501

Jersey City, N.J. 07302

201-557-9388

www.accoona.com

CEO: Valentine J. Zammit

Private, EO (Web only)

71 70 Cambridge 132 M 130 M 1.54 132 M 130 M 1 2 SoundWorks, Inc. 120 Water St.

Andover, Mass. 01845

978-623-4400

www.cambridgesoundworks.com

General Manager: Robert S. Mainiero

Type: Public, EO

In January, REX announced the

closure of two additional stores,

located in Gulfport, Miss., and

Paducah, Ky.

ShopNBC has upgraded its Web

site to feature a live broadcast of

its television programs and on-

demand access to past shows.

The company owns stores

in Washington, Oregon and

California.

In May, ShopKo broke ground on

its fi rst new full-line store in six

years. The store will be located in

Green Bay, Wis.

Accoona is the parent company

of the Accoona search engine,

and of e-tailers such as butterfl

yphoto.com, BestBuyPlasma.com

and Digitaletailer.

com.

Cambridge SoundWorks oper-

ates a single retail showroom

outside of Boston. The majority

of its sales come from the Web.

The company designs, manu-

factures and sells high-perfor-

mance speaker systems.

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72 71 The Home Depot 129 M 130 M -7.69 84.59 B 84.97 B 2,148 2,027 2455 Paces Ferry Road NW

Atlanta, Ga. 30339

770-433-8211

www.homedepot.com

CEO: Francis S. Blake

Public, HIC

73 N/A Magnolia 115 M 156 M -26.28 115 M 156 M 13 20 6305 S. 231st Street

Kent, Wash. 98032

253-372-4434

www.magnoliaav.com


Public, EO

74 83 Petters Group 113 M 100 M 13 2.6 B 2.4 B N/A N/A World Wide/ SoundWorks, Inc. Fingerhut Direct Marketing Inc.

7777 Golden Triangle Dr.

Eden Prairie, Minn. 55344

952-656-3700

www.fi ngerhut.com

CEO: Thomas J. Petters

Private, (MO/Web Only)

75 77 Boscov’s Department 106 M 87 M 21.83 1.3 B 1.1 B 50 50 Store 4500 Perkiomen Ave.

Reading, Pa. 19606

610-779-2000

www.boscovs.com

CEO: Kenneth S. Lakin

Private, DS

76 81 Navy Exchange 103 M 100 M 3 2.5 B 2.42 B 17 17 Service Command 3280 Virginia Beach Blvd.

Virginia Beach, Va. 23452

757-463-6200

www.navy-nex.com

CEO: Rear Admiral Robert J. Bianchi

Public, PX

77 79 Harmony Computers 103 M 100 M 3 105 M 102 M 1 1 and Electronics 1801 Flatbush Ave.

Brooklyn, N.Y. 11210

718-692-2828

www.shopharmony.com

CEO: Nate King

Private, EO

Store counts and sales exclude

revenues from the company’s

China and Mexico operations.

Facing a beyond-sluggish hous-

ing market, Home Depot in 2007

sold off its construction-supply

business.

Sales fi gures include a small

allowance for furniture. Parent

Best Buy and Best Buy Canada

are covered elsewhere in this

registry.

In addition to CE, Fingerhut’s

catalog mix includes clothes,

health and beauty products,

home furnishing, kitchenware

and a host of other items.

Boscov’s operates department

stores in Pennsylvania, New

York, New Jersey, Maryland,

Delaware and Virginia.

The Exchange serves active,

retired and reserve person-

nel. Store counts include only

mainline outlets.

This Brooklyn institution sells CE

goods sprinkled with a selection

of housewares and marine/out-

door goods.

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78 76 Electronics Expo 99 M 92 M 7.6 99 M 92 M 7 6 38 Fairfi eld Pl.

Caldwell, N.J. 07006

973-808-8838

www.electronics-expo.com

CEO: Leon Temiz

A TVM (+Web)

79 72 eCOST.com 97.05 M 95.76 M 1.35 97.05 M 95.76 M N/A N/A 500 N. Central Expressway

Plano, Texas 75074

972-881-2900

www.ecost.com

CEO: Adam W. Shaffer

Public, EO (Web only)

80 73 PC Club 96 M 100 M -4.16 96 M 100 M 37 40 18537 E. Gale Ave.

City of Industry, Calif. 91748

626-839-8080

www.pcclub.com

CEO: Jeff Lan

Private, CS

81 N/A Datavision 94 M 92 M 2.17 94 M 92 M 1 1 445 5th Avenue


212-689-1111

CEO: James Garson

Private, EO

82 N/A Ritz Interactive 94 M 84 M 11.9 111 M 99 M N/A N/A 2010 Main St., Ste. 400

Irvine, Calif. 92614

949-442-0202

www.ritzcamera.com

CEO: Fred H. Lerner

Type: Private, DS (Web Only)

83 75 Huppin’s Hi-Fi Photo 86 M 86 M N/A 86 86 1 1 & Video Inc./OneCall 421 W. Main St.

Spokane, Wash. 99201

509-838-1018

www.onecall.com

CEO: Murray Huppin

Private, EO

84 84 Abe’s of Maine 85 M 85 M N/A 95 M 95 M 1 1 5 Fernwood Ave.

Edison, N.J. 08837

800-992-2237

www.abesofmaine.com

CEO: Abe Mosseri

Private, ATV-1

All Electronics Expo’s bricks-

andmortar stores sit in New

Jersey. The company’s signature

“WOW” room shows off start-

to-fi nish home entertainment

room packages.

eCost reported that its Black Fri-

day sales increased 105 percent

over the same day’s shopping

in 2006. HDTV and portable GPS

systems proved particularly

popular.

The company operates in

Arizona, California, Nevada, New

Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah

and Washington state.

Datavision does a booming Web

business, and also operates out

of a three-story, 35,000-square-

foot store on Manhattan’s

Fifth Avenue. Its third fl oor is

devoted to vignettes showing

off home theater offerings.

Ritz Interactive sells CE and

a plethora of other products

through sites such as RitzCam-

era.com, WolfCamera,.com,

Boatersworld.com and Eangler.

com.

Huppin’s started e-tailing in

1994. Today, most of its sales

come from its OneCall site.

While Abe’s began life as a cam-

era store in Maine, it has since

moved to New Jersey and upped

its merchandise mix to include

everything from computers to

MajAp and DJ equipment.

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85 82 Marine Corps 78 M 70 M 11.43 800 M 717 M 17 17 Community Services/ Marine Corps Exchange 3044 Catlin Ave.

Quantico, Va. 22134

703-784-9501

www.usmc-mccs.org

CEO: Michael P. Downs

Public, PX

86 78 Comp-U-Plus 72 M 75 M -4 72 M 75 M N/A N/A 20 Robert Pitt Dr.

Monsey, N.Y. 10952

845-352-0266

www.compuplus.com

CEO: Adam Reich

Private, CS (Web Only)

87 80 Audio Express 67 M 65 M 3.08 67 M 65 M 43 43 15490 N. 83rd. Way

Scottsdale, Ariz. 85260

480-966-3100

www.audioexpress.com

CEO: Ed Santacruz

Private, EO

88 91 Vann’s Inc. 65 M 40 M 62.5 100 M 66 M 7 6 3623 Brooks St.

Missoula, Mont. 59801

406-728-5099

www.vanns.com

CEO: George Manlove

ATVM

89 N/A CyberPower 62.6 M 62 M .97 62.6 M 62 M N/A N/A 4802 Little John St.

Baldwin Park, Calif. 91706

626-813-7730

www.cyberpowerpc.com

CEO: Stanley Ho

Private, CS (Web Only)

90 85 Bernie’s Audio Video 59 M 54 M 9.26 124 M 120 M 14 14 TV Appliance Co., Inc. 1559 King St.

Enfi eld, Conn. 06082

860-741-1200

www.bernies.com

CEO: Milton Rosenberg

Private, ATVM (No Web)

91 N/A Big Screen Store 59 M 57 M 3.51 60 M 58 M 14 14 Four Reservoir Cile, Suite 100

Baltimore, Md. 21208

410-321-8900

www.thebigscreenstore.com

CEO: Kevin Luskin

Private, EO

Store count includes full-line

exchanges only. The Exchange

alsoruns restaurants, golf

courses andother venues of

interest to Marine personnel.

Comp-U-Plus is a direct mar-

keter that has been selling over

the Web for roughly 15 years.

Included in the sales fi gures

above are small allotments

for non-CE items including

household goods.

The company specializes in

highend custom car audio

installations. It operates under

the names Audio Express, Qual-

ity Audio Sound and Mobile

One

Vann’s is Montana’s largest

independent CE/majap retailer.

All its brick-and-mortar stores

sit in that state. The company

also enjoys a thriving Internet

business.

CyberPower manufactures and

sells custom PCs.

The chain celebrated its 60th

anniversary in 2007.

The Big Screen Store sells high-

end home-theater from stores

based in Maryland and Virginia.

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92 100 Kohl’s Corporation 54 M 50 M 8 16.69 15.23 929 817 N56 W17000 Ridgewood Dr.

Menomonee Falls, Wis. 53051

262-703-7000

www.kohls.com

CEO: R. Lawrence Montgomery

Public, DS

93 N/A Adorama Camera 52 M 48 M 8.33 52 M 48 M 1 1 42 West 18th Street


212-741-0052

www.adorama.com

CEO: Mendel Mendlowitz

Type: Private, EO

94 89 J. C. Penney 51.44 M 50 M 2.88 19.73 B 19.19 B 1,067 1,033 Corporation

6501 Legacy Dr.

Plano, Texas 75024

972-431-1000

www.jcpenney.com

CEO: Myron E. Ullman III

Public, DS (+MO)

95 N/A Ken Crane’s Big 52 M 51 M 1.96 52 M 51 M 10 9 Screen Headquarters 4900 W. 147th Street

Hawthorne, Calif. 90250

310-973-7373

www.kencrane.com

CEO: Casey Crane

Private, EO

96 92 MyerEmco AudioVideo 42 M 40 M 5 42 M 40 M 10 10 209 Edison Park Drive

Gaithersburg, Md. 20878

301-921-0700

www.myer-emco.com

CEO: Jon Myer

President: Gary Yacoubian

Private, EO

97 94 W.S. Badcock 40 M 37 M 5.66 545 M 530 M 330 330 200 N. Phosphate Blvd.

Mulberry, Flor. 33860

863-425-4921

www.badcock.com

CEO: Donald C. Marks

Private, HF (No Web)

Kohl’s has unveiled a plan to

grow to 1,400 stores nation-

wide by 2012.

While Adorama focuses on

selling cameras to both the

hobbyist and the pro, it does

also serve up an array of other

CE products (MP3 players,

printers, etc.) from its Manhat-

tan megastore and its Web site.

The majority of Penney’s CE

sales comes from its catalog

division.

Ken Crane’s sells high-end

home video and other CE

products through 10 locations

in Southern California.

Harvey Electronics tried to take

over MyerEmco in the summer,

but talks broke off after Harvey

failed to raise the necessary

capital.

The company in 2007 closed its

bedding-manufacturing

facility.

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98 86 Xtraplus Corporation/ 40 M 35 M 14.28 40 M 35 M N/A N/A Zipzoomfl y.com 38929 Cherry St.

Newark, Calif. 94560

510-739-1890

www.zipzoomfl y.com

CEO: Mei Chan

Private, EO (Web Only)

99 93 Queen City Audio, 37.5 M 30 M 25 40 M 33 M 15 12 Video & Appliances 2430 I-85 S.

Charlotte, N.C. 28208

704-391-6000

www.queencitytv.com

CEO: Chip Player

Private, ATVM

100 87 uBid.com 37 M 60 M -38.33 41 M 66.56 M N/A N/A 8725 W. Higgins Rd., Suite 900

Chicago, Ill. 60631

773-272-5000

www.ubid.com

CEO: Jeffrey D. Hoffman

Public, CO (Web Only)

101 95 Harvey Electronics 25.22 M 31.1 M -18.91 26.55 M 32.74 M 9 9 205 Chubb Ave.

Lyndhurst, N.J. 07071

201-842-0078

www.harveyonline.com

CEO: Michael E. Recca

Public, EO

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ZipZoomFly has reported that

roughly 30 percent of its cus-

tomers are return buyers.

Queen City is the largest inde-

pendent electronics/appliance

store in the Carolinas. In order

to draw more customers into

its stores, the chain this year

upped its television advertising

campaign.

New CEO Jeffrey Hoffman

hopes to raise uBid’s profi le

and increase profi tability.

After its failed bid to acquire

Myer-Emco, Harvey fi led bank-

ruptcy late in 2007. It plans to

reorganize

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