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type public traded as nasdaq pcmi industry direct marketer founded marina del rey california united states 1987 founder frank khulusi sam khulusi headquarters el segundo california united states number of locations 45 area served united states key people frank khulusi ceo chairman robert jay miley president brandon laverne cfo cao treasurer revenue 1.66 billion 2015 1 operating income 25.48 million 2015 1 net income 18.26 million 2015 1 total assets 600.22 million 2015 1 number of employees 3 700 2015 1 divisions pcm sales inc. pcmg inc. pcm sales canada inc. pcm logistics llc abreon inc. pcm bpo llc m2 marketplace inc. website pcm.com pcm inc. is a direct marketing company that offers technology products and services . the company is based in el segundo california . pcm started in 1987 as a direct market catalog via telemarketing the internet direct marketing print catalogs and three retail showrooms . the company has an annual total revenue of us 1.66 billion and currently has over 45 locations in the united states canada pakistan and the philippines . it employs around 3 700 people worldwide as of 2015 . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 as creative computers inc. 1.2 growth and acquisitions 1.3 hybrid cloud data center 2 subsidiaries 3 financial information 4 news 5 references 6 external links history edit as creative computers inc. edit frank khulusi ceo and founder of pcm inc. the company now known as pcm was founded by two brothers sam and frank khulusi in 1987 under the name of creative computers . creative computers was launched from the founders residence in marina del rey ca . the company was set up as a mail order catalog company whereby products are advertised through paper flyers catalogs . interested customers called in their orders through the provided toll free 1 800 phone number . 2 the founders then took the order and placed purchase orders to acquire sold products bill the customers credit card and ship the products to the customers . at startup the company s catalog consisted of one brand of computers amiga made by commodore international . the company became the number one mail order reseller of amiga computers . in 1993 1994 commodore went through financial difficulties which caused it to close its operation in april 1994 . in early 1994 pc mall obtained authorization to sell apple computers through its mail order catalog model . the authorization came at an opportune time as the commodore operation was soon to close . with the apple authorization and the anticipated growth pc mall moved its operation from the back of a retail store to a call center with over 100 seats a 35 000 square foot 3 300 m2 distribution center and over 15 000 square foot 1 400 m2 of corporate office space . in first quarter of 1995 the company filed for its initial public offering and went public in april 1995 . growth and acquisitions edit in early 1995 the company expanded its catalog to include pc wintel products as well . to support the growth the company moved its distribution center to a 212 000 square foot 19 700 m2 distribution center next to fedex hub in memphis tn in the third quarter of 1995 . in addition to the millions of catalogs mailed monthly the company launched its first web sites macmall.com and pcmall.com in 1996 . in 1996 1997 the company acquired computability a milwaukee based company 3 and elek tek a chicago based company both dealing primarily with pc wintel products . in 2001 the company acquired wareforce a southern california based company . then in 2002 the company acquired club mac another southern california based operation . 4 in 2011 the company launched its website onsale.com which focuses on daily deals and electronic products via the internet . in third quarter of 2006 pc mall gov inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of pc mall inc. acquired the product business of gmri a virginia based company . gmri provides it consulting and technology solutions for federal agencies . 5 then in the third quarter of 2007 the company acquired sarcom which was based in lewis center ohio into which wareforce s operations were subsequently folded . focusing on enterprise level businesses sarcom offers technology products and services . the abreon group a division of sarcom is a consulting and training operation for mid market and enterprise businesses . in december 2009 the company acquired the assets of data systems worldwide dsw a converged networking company and in june 2010 they acquired nspi a managed services company . both dsw and nspi s operations are now secured under the sarcom subsidiary . venturing into the realm of social networking for the first time the company launched their small business network or sbn in 2009 . sbn is an online meeting place catering to the needs of small businesses and small business owners . the company started healthdynamix based in manassas virginia in early 2010 . this division provides information technologies and services for healthcare and medical industries . in december 2012 the company changed its corporate name to pcm inc. from pc mall inc. in connection with the rebranding effective january 2 2013 pcm common stock commenced trading on nasdaq under the ticker pcmi and no longer trades under the prior ticker of mall . 6 in april 2015 pcm completed its acquisition of it solutions provider en pointe technologies sales inc. based in gardena california . the assets were acquired by an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of pcm which now operates under the en pointe brand . 7 in november 2015 pcm acquired the north american business to business operations of systemax including tigerdirect for 14 million . 8 hybrid cloud data center edit in december 2012 pcm completed the purchase of 7.9 acres of land towards the construction of a new cloud data center that it opened in late june 2014 . 9 the tier iii facility is strategically located in a data center centric development in new albany ohio . the new facility is said to complement its two existing data centers and a 24 7 integrated operations center ioc located in atlanta georgia enhancing pcm managed service offerings including cloud services data center hosting and management remote monitoring and disaster recovery . subsidiaries edit pcm inc. expansion has divided it into several divisions that cater to specific markets and functions . pcm sales inc. pcm sales inc. is the largest division in the company with almost 1 000 employees . the division provides technology and it products that mostly cater to small and medium businesses through the company s main website catalogs and through the use of social media . 10 this division also offers products solutions and services to corporate and enterprise clients . pcm services pcm services is a division of pcm inc. that provides computing data management and other solutions to all pcm business customers . 10 pcmg inc. pcmg is a direct marketing reseller of it products and services for the public or federal government and health care clientele in the united states . the subsidiary provides hardware software networking tools peripherals storage supply and other computing solutions for its target market . 11 pcmg also provides computing management and it design for the hospitals medical clinics private and public sectors non profit organizations and companies that are engaged in health care . 10 pcm sales canada inc. a division of pcm inc. based out of montreal canada . m2 marketplace inc. m2 marketplace inc. is a division of pcm under the name macmall that mainly targets consumers selling macintosh computers ipods ipads and all other apple products . the division also caters to home and consumer technology products and services . 10 pcm logistics llc pcm logistics supports administrative and fulfillment functions for its parent company pcm . based in el segundo california it was founded in 2002 to cater services such as finance and accounting advertising information technology operations sales human resources talent acquisition and management and facilities . 10 12 pcm bpo llc pcm bpo llc is a wholly owned subsidiary of pcm inc. located in manila philippines . established in 2005 the company provides back office support for marketing customer service it operations accounting and sales of pcm and its subsidiaries in the united states . 13 financial information edit as a publicly traded company pcm inc nasdaq pcmi has publicly available financial statements and reports . in 2013 pcm reported 1.424 billion in sales . 14 official financial reports as filed to the united states securities and exchange commission us sec for recent years are available via the table below 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 news edit date article title source 2014 10 14 pcmg official wireless architect for garrett county maryland deep creet 2014 icf canoe slalom world championships the street 2014 09 19 top wall street stories transocean ltd. nyse rig the home depot nyse hd pcm inc. nasdaq pcmi aol inc. nyse aol greenhill & co. inc. nyse ghl equities focus 2014 09 11 pcm director sells 104 600 in stock pcmi sleek money 2014 09 02 pcm to present at rodman & renshaw 16th annual global investment conference the street 2014 08 08 pcm to sell real estate for 20.2 mln rttnews via nasdaq.com 2013 11 06 united states air force awards pcm inc s pcmg netcents 2 contract reuters 2013 01 02 pc mall inc changes corporate name to pcm inc reuters references edit a b c d e f 10k annual report 2015 . manta . creative computers company profile . retrieved 1 november 2010 . bergquist lee 27 august 1997 . computability to be sold . milwaukee journal sentinel . milwaukee wisconsin . p. 2 . section ignored help pc mall buys wareforce assets . direct . 10 may 2002 . aitoro jill 8 september 2006 . pc mall gov buys gmri s product business . crn . retrieved 28 october 2010 . pc mall changes its corporate name to pcm inc. . pcm investors page . 2 january 2013 . pcm completes acquisition of assets of en pointe technologies sales inc. . pcm investor relations . retrieved april 2015 . check date values in access date help blockbuster deal pcm buys north america systemax b2b business tigerdirect brand . crn . retrieved 29 december 2015 . pcm announces opening of new tier ii cloud data center . pcm investor relations . a b c d e pc mall and its divisions . pc mall inc. retrieved 28 october 2010 . pcmg . pcmg about us . retrieved 5 february 2015 . af services llc fact box . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved 28 october 2010 . pc mall subsidiary opens offshore office . the manila bulletin . manila philippines