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With the likes of CompUSA and Circuit City wrecked on the shoals of the recession, technology retailer Micro Center has opened its 23rd national store beside the Thruway in Yonkers.
Micro Center's CEO hopes it will be the chain's top performer.
Companywide sales figures for privately held Micro Center were reported by a non-company source at $1.4 billion for the most recent fiscal year.
More than any of its 36,000 products, general manager Lois Garda - a 12-year veteran of managing large electronics stores - cites service as "our No. 1 priority and our guiding principle. It's the reason we're in business?' She said Micro Center embraces a "Nordstromlike mentality;" defining that as "making sure the customer has the experience he or she came for - whether that's just browsing or having the store provide assistance with a personal guide."
The facility in the Mall at Cross County occupies the former Circuit City site.