11.   Compounding matters are difficulties at rival personal computer seller Tandy Corp., which owns Incredible Universe, Radio Shack and Computer City electronics chains.

12.   Distributors initiated the arrangement to help music retailers who were being undercut by discount stores and electronics chains, such as Target, Circuit City and Best Buy.

13.   December sales are running below plan at The Good Guys, a Brisbane-based home electronics chain.

14.   Earnings are also seen recovering at some consumer electronics chains.

15.   Electronics chains and discount stores report strong sales of digital cameras, DVD players, big-screen TVs and wireless phones.

16.   Electronics chains turned in poor sales.

17.   First, they complained to record companies that they were being undercut by the electronics chains, as well as by discounters like Wal-Mart and Target.

18.   In April, the Mexico City-based consumer electronics retail chain opened three superstores in Guatemala.

19.   In recent weeks, the two big consumer electronics chains, Best Buy and Circuit City, have reporting disappointing earnings and a more difficult retail environment.

20.   It has contributed to the financial squeeze created by competition in pricing that had taken a particularly high toll among electronics chains in the New York area.