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In 2009, Micro Center developed an "18-minute pickup" service where customers who order merchandise on their website can pick it up from the store in 18 minutes. |
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In 2009, Micro Center developed an "18-minute pickup" service where customers who order merchandise on their website can pick it up from the store in 18 minutes. |
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On July 23, 2012, Micro Center suddenly closed its Santa Clara store—its only one in Silicon Valley—after it was unable to negotiate a further extension of its store lease.[{{cite news |last1=McCracken |first1=Harry |author1-link=Harry McCracken |title=Technology in the 1990s, as Captured in Obsolete Computer Store Signs |url=https://techland.time.com/2012/08/13/technology-in-the-1990s-as-captured-in-obsolete-computer-store-signs/ |access-date=September 24, 2024 |work=Technologizer (Time) |date=August 13, 2012}}] By then, the store's front facade had already become a dated relic of the late 1990s, with long-obsolete logos from [[Hayes Microcomputer Products|Hayes]], [[USRobotics]], [[Practical Peripherals]], [[Lotus Software]], and [[Fujifilm]].[{{cite news |last1=Tolentino |first1=Aaron |title='The best computer store in the world' set to open first Bay Area location |url=https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/the-best-computer-store-in-the-world-set-to-open-first-bay-area-location/ |work=KRON 4 |date=May 28, 2025}}][{{cite news |last1=Kan |first1=Michael |title=A PC Builder's Wonderland: Inside Micro Center's New Silicon Valley Store |url=https://www.pcmag.com/news/pc-builders-wonderland-inside-new-micro-center-santa-clara-california-store |work=[[PCMag]] |date=May 30, 2025}}] The new store was welcomed as filling a significant "void" in Silicon Valley, since the 2021 closure of Fry's had left [[Best Buy]] as the only big-box electronics store chain in the area. |
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On July 23, 2012, Micro Center suddenly closed its Santa Clara store—its only one in Silicon Valley—after it was unable to negotiate a further extension of its store lease.[{{cite news |last1=McCracken |first1=Harry |author1-link=Harry McCracken |title=Technology in the 1990s, as Captured in Obsolete Computer Store Signs |url=https://techland.time.com/2012/08/13/technology-in-the-1990s-as-captured-in-obsolete-computer-store-signs/ |access-date=September 24, 2024 |work=Technologizer (Time) |date=August 13, 2012}}] By then, the store's front facade had already become a dated relic of the late 1990s, with long-obsolete logos from [[Hayes Microcomputer Products|Hayes]], [[USRobotics]], [[Practical Peripherals]], [[Lotus Development]], and [[Fujifilm]].[{{cite news |last1=Tolentino |first1=Aaron |title='The best computer store in the world' set to open first Bay Area location |url=https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/the-best-computer-store-in-the-world-set-to-open-first-bay-area-location/ |work=KRON 4 |date=May 28, 2025}}][{{cite news |last1=Kan |first1=Michael |title=A PC Builder's Wonderland: Inside Micro Center's New Silicon Valley Store |url=https://www.pcmag.com/news/pc-builders-wonderland-inside-new-micro-center-santa-clara-california-store |work=[[PCMag]] |date=May 30, 2025}}] The new store was welcomed as filling a significant "void" in Silicon Valley, since the 2021 closure of Fry's had left [[Best Buy]] as the only big-box electronics store chain in the area. |
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In January 2014, the company opened new [[New York City]] stores in [[Brooklyn]] and [[Queens]].[{{Cite web |last=Eaton |first=Dan |date=2014-01-16 |title=Micro Center opening stores in Brooklyn, Queens |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2014/01/16/micro-center-opening-stores-in.html |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}] |
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In January 2014, the company opened new [[New York City]] stores in [[Brooklyn]] and [[Queens]].[{{Cite web |last=Eaton |first=Dan |date=2014-01-16 |title=Micro Center opening stores in Brooklyn, Queens |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2014/01/16/micro-center-opening-stores-in.html |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}] |
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