Consumer Electronics & Appliances Retail Industry Competitors

Ah, the poetic justice Hello Direct delivers. The company sells telephones and accessories (headsets, amplifiers) to small and mid-sized businesses and the very telemarketers who ring you just when dinner is served. So where's the justice? It sells the merchandise through its catalogs, its Web site, and -- ha-ha! -- its own nimble-fingered staff of telemarketers....

ABC Appliance sells audio equipment, electronics, computers, appliances, and other products at more than 40 stores in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. The company's inventory includes products made by such manufacturers as Audiovox, Canon, Sony, and Whirlpool....

Looking for a $60,000 stereo amplifier or just a moderately priced clothes dryer? Abt Electronics & Appliance is apt to have it. Abt has just one store -- a massive 37-acre megastore with a parking lot that accommodates 1,000 cars in suburban Chicago, where the natives tend to incorrectly call the store A.B.T....

Appliance Recycling Centers of America (ARCA) retrieves, recycles, repairs, and resells household appliances. The company collects used appliances and reconditions them for resale at about 15 ApplianceSmart retail stores in Georgia, Minnesota, Ohio, and Texas....

Applica Consumer Products is the sales, marketing, and distribution arm of appliance holding company Applica Incorporated. The company sells small household appliances (toaster ovens, hair dryers, irons, coffee makers, automatic cat litter boxes) under brands such as Black & Decker, Windmere, and Litter Maid....

Applica can curl your hair and toast your bread. The company markets and distributes small appliances (coffee makers, toaster ovens, irons) and personal care products (curling irons, hair dryers). Its cupboard is filled with company-owned and licensed brands, including Black & Decker and Windmere....

You might not find the Golden Fleece, but this retail chain offers plenty of other treasures. Argos is one of the UK's leading retail outlets with about 680 locations throughout the country and in Ireland. The chain is known for its selection of consumer electronics, electrical appliances, and toys, as well as other household goods, furniture, and clothing....

Bernie's Audio Video TV Appliance wants you to have more than a weekend of fun with its products. The company operates about 15 stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island selling a variety of brand-name electronics and appliances, including home theater and stereo systems, telephones, refrigerators, washers and dryers, microwave ovens, vacuums, mattresses, and digital cameras....

The biggest consumer electronics outlet in the US is also the best -- Best Buy, that is. The company operates a chain of about 1,300 stores in the US, Canada, and now China offering a wide variety of electronic gadgets, movies, music, computers, and appliances....

BGE Home Products and Services, commonly known as BGE Home, sells and installs gas energy and appliances to consumers in Maryland. It offers the products and systems that gas powers, such as heating and air-conditioning systems, and water heaters. BGE Home repairs, maintains, and improves home environmental and plumbing systems, and offers improvement services....

Everyone in the UK who is able to sew should invest in a home sewing machine, by god; so, at least, is the premise of Bogod Machine Co. Bogod Machine Co. is a UK-based distributor of big name household sewing machines (Bernina, Elma, and Singer)....

Buy what.com you ask? E-tailer Buy.com sells books, cell phones and services, computer hardware and software, electronics, DVDs, jewelry, music, toys, and more. Founded in 1997, Buy.com initially made a splash by selling products below cost. It has since raised its prices but maintains an edge by offering to match any qualified competitor's price....

Chongqing Department Store does more than it says. As the name implies, the company owns and operates about 20 department stores throughout the Chongqing municipality of central China. The stores sell well-known Chinese brands of men's, women's, and children's clothes; housewares; personal accessories; and home decor....

A short circuit in this city might leave a lot of electronic gadgets on the shelves. Circuit City Stores is a top US consumer electronics retailer (along with Best Buy and Wal Mart), with some 680 superstores in about 45 states....

Conn's has managed to outlive human life expectancy. With more than 115 years under its belt, the retailer sells appliances (refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers) and consumer electronics (VCRs, DVD players, camcorders, LCD and plasma-screen TVs) through about 70 stores in Texas, Okalahoma, and Louisiana, and via its Web site....

DSG International (formerly Dixons Group) loves to pump up the volume. The UK's largest electronics retailer operates 1,300-plus stores in more than a dozen countries throughout Europe. About 60% of sales comes from the UK and Ireland. The company also sells appliances and electronics in about 500 Currys superstores....

E & S International Enterprises (also known as ESI) has its fingers in a lot of pies. The company manufactures and sells a variety of consumer products through its subsidiaries. Once a consumer electronics distributor, the company has expanded its product line to include such items as sporting goods, mobile phone batteries, and appliances....

Gadget lovers in Japan look to Edion Corporation for a technology fix. The company is one of the country's leading electronics retailers. Edion is a holding company that operates primarily through subsidiaries devoted to selling consumer electronics such as personal computers, home appliances, furniture, and other housewares....

Empire EC wants to be the UK's reigning electronics e-tailer. The company sells a wide variety of electronics primarily through its online superstore division, EmpireDirect. Its products include electronics (TVs, home entertainment systems, car stereos, cameras), computers and gaming equipment, communication equipment (fax machines, telephones, mobile phones), home appliances (refrigerators, microwaves, fans, ovens), and personal care products (shavers, hair dryers, bathroom scales)....

Fidelitone has an ear for the supply chain. The company offers a range of key distribution logistics -- including warehousing, inventory management, and packaging services. It also handles the distribution and returns and can do one part or all of a customer's distribution....