What happened to egghead?

From Egghead to Egghead.com its no yolk so let us eggsplain!


Introduction and Background:

Egghead Software was founded in 1985 in Spokane, Washington. Egghead was a well-respected retailer of computer software. Egghead enjoyed a period of incredible growth, with wide brand recognition with the quirky character, Professor Egghead.

Eggspansion:

Rapidly expanding from the original store in 1985 to over a hundred stores in 1988, the company finally went public in 1989. By 1992, Egghead was considered an industry leader, partnering with Microsoft on the release of Windows 3.1, and IBM, on the 5.0 upgrade. 2500 employees and 180 stores made up Egghead Software, by then, know as ¡§North America¡¦s Software Eggsperts.¡¨
The company relied on the expertise of their sales staff to help customers understand these wonderful new machines. Yet, as the market for personal computers exploded, competitors began experimenting with different business models. As custo...