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Non-Tech : CompUSA (CPU) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Friend who wrote (931)	12/30/1998 7:10:00 PM
From: Mongo2116	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3187

17:51 12/30 A handful of PC and computing products retailers got a boost today after trade rag Computer Retail Week announced that sales of computer-related merchandise was up a "respectable" 13.8% to $29 billion in 1998. The results exclude sales from mail order firms and this year's crop of start-up firms. CompUSA (NYSE: CPU), which was listed as the top retailer for the year with $5.75 billion in projected sales, gained $3/4 to $13 1/8 today. Second on the list was computing and electronics retailer Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), which rose $1 7/8 to $61. Further down the list with $1.24 billion in estimated sales was office supplies mainstay OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX). That total was good enough for eighth place in computer-related sales, sufficient ammo to send the company's shares up $1 to $12. For complete market coverage written by investors, for investors, click over to www.fool.com. y fool