Computer & Software Retail Industry Competitors

CDW Corporation takes more orders than Beetle Bailey. The firm offers some 100,000 computer products, mostly through catalogs, telesales, and the company's Internet and extranet Web sites. Brands include Adobe, Apple, Cisco, Lenovo, Samsung, ViewSonic, and others....

You might say this company is schooled in how to sell computers to the public sector. CDW Government is a leading supplier of computer products to public education institutions and other government agencies. It offers wide selection of hardware and software, as well as networking equipment and computer peripherals....

A pioneer in big-box computer retail, CompUSA has been reduced to about 15 stores (down from more than 200 outlets in 2006), mostly in Florida, but also in Texas, and Puerto Rico, as well as an e-commerce site. Declining PC sales led to the 2007 decision to close or sell all of the retailer's stores....

A plethora of goods are all just a click (or call) away, thanks to Dream Direct Group. The company sells product lines via the Internet and catalogs from three self-proclaimed categories: software, gizmos, and gadgets; classic videos and DVDs; and indoor and outdoor products....

Psssst -- wanna buy a DVD player at cost? If so, eCOST.com might be for you. The company sells deeply discounted closeout and refurbished electronics online. Its more than 170,000 products also include accessories, apparel, appliances, DVDs, housewares, jewelry, software, and sports memorabilia from some 1,000 manufacturers, including Apple, Canon, H-P, Seiko, and Sony....

Think of Genica (formerly CompGeeks) as computerdom's bargain basement. The company sells computer components, peripherals, and accessories -- mainly overstocks and closeouts -- over the Internet. Its consumer site is computergeeks.com, but it also sells to computer dealers at evertek.com....

If you really heart computers, Hartco is for you. Hartco franchises retail computer stores, accounting for the vast majority of its revenue. Its nearly 150 stores operate under the banners CompuSmart, Metafore, MicroAge, Microserv, The Telephone Booth, and ZingPC....

Infotech wants you to associate it with technology needs. Infotech Associates sells computer products including desktops, file servers, notebooks, monitors, and printers from Hewlett-Packard, Sony, View Sonic, Toshiba, and Palm from its location in Baltimore and online....

With this company around the end of your technology woes could be in sight. Insight Enterprises is a top distributor of computer hardware and software in North America, carrying thousands of products from major manufacturers, such as Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Microsoft....

Groupe LDLC.Com is an online retailer of computer goods, consumer electronics, and multimedia products. It offers a wide range of goods including desktop and notebook PCs, computer peripherals and components, networking devices, PC games, software, and video and digital cameras....

Logetics has taken a page from the Book of the Month Club playbook for its business strategy. Since 1985 the company, which operates the Software of the Month Club, has been selling a variety of educational and entertainment software in different interest group categories from such publishers as Atari, Encore, Encyclopædia Britannica , Simon & Schuster, THQ, and ValuSoft....

Logical Ventures, doing business as System Source and PCs in a Pinch, sells and rents computer and audio/visual equipment. The company provides IT services including network design, web-site development, and Internet hosting. On its Web site, the company devotes several pages to a "Computer Museum," a history of computing technology going back to the abacus....

Newegg caters to egghead types who build their own computers. The company, which prides itself on "fresh" offerings, is an online distributor of consumer electronics and computing products. It sells desktop and laptop computers along with all the related components to build or repair one yourself....

When you need a new computer, don't take a club to your PC, go to your neighborhood PC Club. PC Club resells computer hardware and software through its retail stores and its Web site. The company operates about 40 stores in about a dozen states. Its inventory includes desktop computers, cables, memory cards, printers, and consumer electronics, such as digital cameras and DVD players....

PC Warehouse America caters primarily to the computer needs of small and medium-sized businesses through nearly 90 licensed stores in the US. The company also sells its products online and by mail. PC Warehouse puts together customized computer systems that range from stand-alone PCs to networking equipment....

Precision likes to get it right. Precision Data Products sells electronics such as computers, printers, and accessories directly to customers via telephone and their Web site. Through the online catalog, customers can view purchasing history, real time inventory and prices, and product descriptions and white pages on more than 250,000 products....

RNA Productions sounds like it's going to start cloning humans any day now, but it's actually involved with an original. RNA Productions, better known as Carbon Computing, sells and services brand new and used Apple computers from its retail store in Toronto and via the company's retail Web site....

SchoolWorld wants its customers to get with the program. Formerly Logisoft Corporation, the firm resells educational software to schools and other institutional users through its Web site. The company's software offerings -- from such publishers as Adobe, Microsoft, and Autodesk -- range from e-mail and utility programs to instructional software and desktop publishing and multimedia applications....

It's an Office Depot company, for sure. Tech Depot (formerly 4SURE.com) operates a Web-based business-to-business online outlet, which features a broad range of technology products including PC hardware, software, networking, and supplies....

The company's primary strategy is to sell and service the Southwest. The Strategies Group resells construction and real estate software from Timberline, as well as several other software firms including Deltek and Piracle....