founded 1963 founder gordon hartunian headquarters michigan ohio indiana pontiac michigan u.s. number of locations abc warehouse 43 mickey shore 16 hawthorne 2 products consumer electronics home appliance divisions mickey shorr website www.abcwarehouse.com abc warehouse is a chain of retail appliance and electronics stores based in pontiac michigan . it was founded in 1963 by gordon hartunian and operates 43 stores in michigan ohio and indiana . the chain also operates 16 mickey shorr mobile electronics stores 1 and 2 hawthorne home appliances & electronics stores . they are known for their advertising motto the closest thing to wholesale . in the last few years abc has added mattresses and furniture to their retail offerings including products from sealy & lane . in 2009 general electric signed a financial contract with the chain to provide the in house abc credit card . 2 advertising edit in the 1980s abc warehouse used ernest p. worrell in its television advertising . 3 but in the 1990s abc commercials featured the abc warehouse employees choir who sung their own songs like price protection sung to the tune of alouette . 4 from the late 90s to the late 2000s abc featured their founder gordon gordy hartunian in a series of ads called gordyisms . 5 references edit kepos p. 1994 . international directory of company histories . 10 . st. james press . isbn 9781558623255 . retrieved 2015 01 29 . http findarticles.com p articles mi m0ein is 20090803 ai n32406221 . findarticles.com . retrieved 2015 01 29 . external link in title help history of abc appliance inc. fundinguniverse . fundinguniverse.com . retrieved 2015 01 29 . abc warehouse 1993 youtube . youtube.com . retrieved 2015 01 29 . abc warehouse gordyisms . abcwarehouse.com . retrieved 2015 01 29 . external links edit official website this united states retail business article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title abc warehouse & oldid 741993371 categories companies established in 1963consumer electronics retailers in the united statescompanies based in oakland county michiganpontiac michiganunited states retail company stubshidden categories cs1 errors external linksofficial website different in wikidata and wikipediaall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 00 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view