Micro Center

Micro Center
Private
Founded Columbus, Ohio
1979 (1979)[1]
Founder John Baker and Bill Bayne
Headquarters Hilliard, Ohio, U.S.
Number of locations
25
Key people
Richard M. Mershad, CEO & Edward A. Mershad, Vice President of Micro Electronics.
Products Computers, Consumer Electronics & Accessories
Revenue $1.84 billion [1]
Number of employees
2,500
Parent Micro Electronics, Inc.
Website microcenter.com
Footnotes / references
* Forbes magazine estimate
A Micro Center store in Houston, Texas

Micro Center is an American computer department store founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1979 by two former Radio Shack employees. The first Micro Center store was a 900 sq ft (84 m2) storefront located in the Lane Avenue Shopping Center in Upper Arlington, Ohio. There are 25 Micro Center stores nationwide in 16 states.

Micro Center is a subsidiary of Micro Electronics, Inc., a privately held corporation headquartered in Hilliard, Ohio. In addition to selling the name brand products of a multitude of manufacturers, Micro Center also sells products under a variety of its own brand names. These brand names include PowerSpec, WinBook, Inland and IPSG.

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References

  1. 1 2 Eaton, Dan (2014-01-16). "Micro Center opening stores in Brooklyn, Queens". Columbus Business First. Retrieved 2015-09-23.

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