TigerDirect® and CompUSA® to Offer Products at 50% Off during Live
Webcast
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
TigerDirect and CompUSA will celebrate “Pink Friday” - a charitable
fundraiser - for the fourth consecutive year this Black Friday, November
26th. The consumer electronics and technology retailers have guaranteed
a minimum donation of $100,000 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the
world’s largest breast cancer advocacy organization.
In collaboration with Universal Music, Cash Money Records and Young
Money Entertainment, Systemax is proud to announce the support of
recording artist Nicki Minaj. Tune in to the 4th Annual Pink
Friday “Live!” webcast to see Nicki Minaj’s video of her hit single
“Right Through Me” from her debut album which was released on November
22, 2010, and a Skype interview with Nicki during the webcast.
“I fully support the efforts of Pink Friday and their goal of raising
funds to support Susan G. Komen for the Cure and their charge to bring
an end to breast cancer. I am pleased to be associated with the PINK
FRIDAY initiatives and to raise awareness amongst fellow
African-American women, who are often the hardest hit by breast cancer.”
Customers can get involved in the following ways:
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Watch “Pink Friday Live!” at Noon EST at http://www.PinkFriday.org
through 8PM EST.
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Make donations directly on the TigerDirect.com or CompUSA.com website.
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Make donations at TigerDirect and CompUSA retail stores.
The 8-hour Webcast will feature breast cancer survivor interviews,
informational videos and the sale of products at 50 percent off, with
100 percent of the monies received to be donated to Komen. The products
go “live” at different times during the Webcast and are sold to the
first people who call in. The online products being offered at 50
percent off will not be available in stores, but in celebration of Pink
Friday, all of CompUSA and TigerDirect’s 35 US retail locations
throughout the country and in Puerto Rico will go “pink” with décor,
newspaper ads and more.
Some of the items which are scheduled for the show include Samsung 55”
LED 3D TVs as well as televisions by Mitsubishi, Sony, LG and Panasonic;
Sony laptops; Brother, Epson, and HP printers; Hard Drives; Processors;
Video Cards and several custom-built gaming PCs valued at $3000.
In 2010, an estimated 207,090 new cases of invasive breast cancer are
expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 54,010 new
cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer, according to the American
Cancer Society. Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the global leader in
funding breast cancer research, has invested more than $1.5 billion in
research and community health programs with $540 million of it directly
dedicated to research.
For more information on Pink Friday, please visit www.pinkfriday.org.
About TigerDirect
TigerDirect (http://www.tigerdirect.com)
serves the needs of both personal and business computer users, selling
consumer electronics, computers, digital media technology and
peripherals via retail stores, catalog and Internet channels.
TigerDirect is a subsidiary of Systemax Inc. (NYSE: SYX).
About CompUSA
The CompUSA companies (www.compusa.com)
serve the needs of both personal and business computer users, selling
consumer electronics, computers, digital media technology and
peripherals via retail stores, catalogs and Internet channels. The
CompUSA companies are subsidiaries of Systemax Inc. (NYSE: SYX).
About Systemax Inc.
Systemax Inc. (http://www.systemax.com),
a Fortune 1000 company, sells personal computers, computer components
and supplies, consumer electronics and industrial products through a
system of branded e-Commerce web sites, retail stores, relationship
marketers and direct mail catalogs in North America and Europe. The
primary brands are TigerDirect, CompUSA, Circuit City, MISCO, WStore and
Global Industrial.
About Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do
everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that
promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which is now the world’s
largest breast cancer organization and the largest source of nonprofit
funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer with more than $1.5
billion invested to date. For more information about Susan G. Komen for
the Cure, breast health or breast cancer, visit www.komen.org
or call 1-877 GO KOMEN.
Source: Systemax Inc.
Contact:
For Systemax Inc.
Tilson Communications
Britt Monroe,
561-998-1995
[email protected]