Nov 18 1998 10:51AM - Business Wire
COMPUTER RETAIL WEEK NAMES MICRO CENTER AS TOP RETAILING INNOVAT
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Business Editors
MANHASSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1998--
Profiles 10 Companies that are Redefining the Retail Model
and Reshaping the Sector's Future
CMP Media's Computer Retail Week has named Hilliard, Ohio-based Micro Center as 1998's most innovative company in terms of redefining the retail
model and reshaping the sector's future. The technology-retailing newspaper published its 1998 Top 10 Retail Innovators Special Report in this week's
Comdex/Fall trade show issue.
Micro Center was lauded for devising and executing a sales-associate training program that is among the most respected in the computer-retailing
industry. Training has been a cornerstone since the company's inception 18 years ago and is centered around its Micro Center University, which offers
courses developed in-house and vendor-sponsored programs.
The Top 10 Retail Innovators are:
1. Micro Center, Hilliard, Ohio
2. Egghead.com,Portland, Ore.
3. Electronics Boutique, West Chester, Pa.
4. Computer Renaissance, Minneapolis, Minn.
5. Gateway Country Stores, North Sioux City,S.D.
6. PC Club, City of Industry, Calif.
7. ComputerWare, Sunnyvale, Calif.
8. TechAmerica, Fort Worth, Texas
9. Value America, Charlottesville, Va.
10.Hand Technologies, Austin, Texas *T
The ranking is determined by the publication's editors. Profiles of each of the Top 10 Innovators are published in the November 16 issue of Computer
Retail Week and posted on its Web site, crw.com.
CMP Media's Computer Retail Week is the leading newspaper for technology retailers. Each week, it provides critical information about new solutions,
technologies, alliances and products for a wide audience of computer superstores, software retailers, mass merchants and other channel members.
Breaking news also is posted on its home page, crw.com. In addition, its specialized online Webpaper, Computer Retail Web, covers the
technology, products and people driving Internet-based computer retailing at computerretailweb.com.
CMP Media Inc. (Nasdaq: CMPX) is the only leading high-tech media company that provides essential information and marketing services to the entire
technology spectrum--the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. With its portfolio of newspapers, magazines, custom publishing, Internet
products, research, consulting and conferences, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated solutions tailored to meet their
individual needs. Online editions of the company's print publications, along with products and services created exclusively for the Internet, can be found
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technology vendor clients around the world.
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