61.   Thursday, computer retailer CompUSA Inc. jolted investors when it said it expected a disappointingly small rise in sales in the fourth quarter because of weak PC sales.

62.   To get a jump on sales, some computer retailers held parades and contests.

63.   To add insult to injury, computer retailers are cutting back on shelf space for Macintosh software, forcing many Mac owners to buy programs via mail order.

64.   While Compaq stuck with the traditional computer retailers, Dell pioneered a new distribution model by selling directly to consumers over the Internet.

65.   While sellers of home improvement goods and apparel can cite weather with impunity, he said, computer retailers and furniture merchants are on shakier ground.

66.   Computer retailers used counterfeit software in their products to reduce prices.

67.   Gateway, a leading made-to-order computer retailer based in San Diego, hopes to tap into the growing interest in computers and the Internet among Hispanics.

68.   German computer retailer Escom AG said Monday it was filing for bankruptcy, a victim of ambitious expansion coupled with slumping demand for personal computers.

69.   It also has a string of businesses, from restaurants to a publishing company to a computer retailer.

70.   Most recycling programs operated by smaller computer retailers are conditioned on so-called trade-in policies, in which unwanted equipment is removed only if the consumer buys new equipment.