In 1995, The Good Guys teamed up with Tower Records to create one "WOW!" Store in Las Vegas, NV featuring a mixture of Tower and Good Guys inventory & a coffee shop, and included the world’s largest promotional slot machine. Tower's founder Russell Solomon reportedly liked the end result and two more WOW! Multimedia Superstores were opened, one in Long Beach, CA, where Neil Diamond played at the grand opening and others opened in Laguna Hills, and San Mateo CA. By 2006, Tower was bankrupt and Good Guys was being consolidated into CompUSA and thus all of these stores closed.
Re-launchEdit
After all The Good Guys stores closed, CompUSA began marketing all California and Hawaii stores as "CompUSA with The Good Guys Inside" in response to Best Buy's new marketing campaign "with Magnolia Inside". However, this marketing campaign was dropped in an attempt to further separate CompUSA from the Good Guys name, and assist in launching its new Home Entertainment sections in select locations. The Good Guys name once again ceased to exist in 2008 when CompUSA closed its remaining stores.[citation needed] Extended warranties on televisions purchased through The Good Guys or CompUSA can still be accessed through General Electric Extended Warranties.[citation needed]
In 1991, one of the stores in the chain located in Sacramento was taken over by four gunmen. This event became the largest hostage rescue operation on home soil in U.S. history to date, with about 50 hostages being held at gunpoint.[1]
"Ex-Good Guys director settles SEC charges," MSNBC, April 26, 2005.
"Good Guys to close stores: Stand-alone outlets in California and Hawaii to get the ax," San Francisco Chronicle, October 6, 2005.
"Tower Records Welcome Video, 1999.," Specific Marker mentions WOW! Stores and how it was formed, this info was used in the WOW! Section.
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This article is about the defunct United States electronic chain For other uses see The Good Guys disambiguation This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations January 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Good Guys American company news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message The Good Guys Inc was an American chain of consumer electronics retail stores with 71 stores in California Nevada Oregon and Washington The company was headquartered in Brisbane California in the Dakin Building in the early 1990s and subsequently in Alameda California until it was bought in late 2003 by CompUSA The Good Guys was founded in 1973 by Ron Unkefer on Chestnut Street San Francisco By 2006 all of the company s stores had closed The Good Guys Inc TypeElectronicsIndustryRetailFoundedJuly 1973Defunct2003 acquired 2005 all stores renamed closed FateAcquired by CompUSAHeadquartersBrisbane California U S ProductsConsumer electronicsWebsiteNoneOlder logo used from the 1980s to the late 1990s Exterior of vacated Good Guys store of in Emeryville California pictured in 2006 Contents 1 WOW Stores 2 Re launch 3 Hostage crisis 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksWOW Stores EditIn 1995 The Good Guys teamed up with Tower Records to create one WOW Store in Las Vegas NV featuring a mixture of Tower and Good Guys inventory amp a coffee shop and included the world s largest promotional slot machine Tower s founder Russell Solomon reportedly liked the end result and two more WOW Multimedia Superstores were opened one in Long Beach CA where Neil Diamond played at the grand opening and others opened in Laguna Hills and San Mateo CA By 2006 Tower was bankrupt and Good Guys was being consolidated into CompUSA and thus all of these stores closed Re launch EditAfter all The Good Guys stores closed CompUSA began marketing all California and Hawaii stores as CompUSA with The Good Guys Inside in response to Best Buy s new marketing campaign with Magnolia Inside However this marketing campaign was dropped in an attempt to further separate CompUSA from the Good Guys name and assist in launching its new Home Entertainment sections in select locations The Good Guys name once again ceased to exist in 2008 when CompUSA closed its remaining stores citation needed Extended warranties on televisions purchased through The Good Guys or CompUSA can still be accessed through General Electric Extended Warranties citation needed Hostage crisis EditFurther information 1991 Sacramento hostage crisis In 1991 one of the stores in the chain located in Sacramento was taken over by four gunmen This event became the largest hostage rescue operation on home soil in U S history to date with about 50 hostages being held at gunpoint 1 See also EditThe Good Guys Australian company a chain of electronics stores that are not associated with the American operations References Edit Taclink Sacramento County Sheriff s Department SED Retrieved January 3 2013 Good Guys lose suit to block competition The Sacramento Bee December 2 1987 Market Place Electronics Chain On Roller Coaster The New York Times July 6 1992 Good Guys bets that the customer is always right San Jose Mercury News November 23 1992 Good Guys horror still vivid to ex hostages 4 years later The Sacramento Bee April 3 1995 Good Guys CEO Discloses Master Plan San Francisco Chronicle July 27 1999 Good Guys Inc will drop computers office products Seattle Post Intelligencer August 2 1999 Good Guys to spin off web store CNET January 5 2000 The Good Guys Laying Off 450 Employees San Francisco Chronicle March 2 2001 CompUSA to purchase Good Guys 58 million deal expected to benefit both companies San Francisco Chronicle September 30 2003 Good Guys quarterly sales fall sees wider loss Forbes June 10 2003 Ex Good Guys director settles SEC charges MSNBC April 26 2005 Good Guys to close stores Stand alone outlets in California and Hawaii to get the ax San Francisco Chronicle October 6 2005 Tower Records Welcome Video 1999 Specific Marker mentions WOW Stores and how it was formed this info was used in the WOW Section External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Good Guys United States The Good Guys Inc History at FundingUniverse Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Good Guys American company amp oldid 1167879210, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,