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| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Headquarters | Fountainbleau, Florida,U.S. |
| Number of locations | 6 stores in Canada |
| Parent | Systemax |
| Website | TigerDirect.com TigerDirect.ca (Canada) |
TigerDirect is a direct online and catalog retailer of computers and consumer electronics. It is a Systemax subsidiary. Its headquarters are inFountainbleau, Florida
Overview
The company operates various marketing channels, including eCommerce, retail store, business-to-business and catalog computer electronics sales.
TigerDirect has locations in Miami (corporate headquarters, retail stores); Naperville, Illinois (distribution center, corporate sales offices, retail stores inChicagoland); Jefferson, Georgia (distribution center, corporate sales office, retail store); and North Carolina (corporate sales office). TigerDirect.ca has locations in the greater Burlington, Ontario, area (corporate office, corporate sales office, retail stores).
The online company WorldwideRebates.com performs some of its rebate processing and is owned by its parent company, Systemax.
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History
The company was founded as Tiger Software, a publisher of titles for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh. In 1989, Tiger Software became a subsidiary of publicly held Bloc Development Corporation (NASDAQ:BDEV). Bloc Development was also the parent company of BLOC Publishing, which continued the development and publishing of the company's flagship product FormTool, and 20 other products; and SoftSync, former publisher of the "EXPERT Software" titles and the Macintosh accounting software "Accountant Inc."). BLOC Development later changed its name to TigerDirect (NASDAQ:TIGR).
TigerDirect evolved from TigerSoftware when the company began selling build-it-yourself PC kits and inexpensive computers, using manufacturers in the United States and Canada to build its custom desktop and notebook configurations. In 1996, it was acquired by Systemax (NYSE: SYX) The commercial website TigerDirect.com was launched in the late 1990s, selling computer and electronics, books and software. In 2000, TigerDirect expanded its product offerings to include "refurbished" and "recertified" products, brand-name computers from IBM, HP, eMachines, Gateway and others.
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