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Directbuy company history timeline

1971

DirectBuy was founded by Michael Seiler and Thomas Giacchi in 1971 and is headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana.

1996

The first Canadian franchise was founded in 1996.

2004

The company happened to change its name to DirectBuy in 2004.

2009

Despite the high fees, DirectBuy reported that 75% of its customers renewed their memberships in 2009.

2011

West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw filed suit January 26, 2011, in Kanawha County Circuit Court against DirectBuy Inc., its local franchise and the company's president alleging it engages in unlawful, coercive, deceptive, and high-pressure sales practices.

2014

It also began offering travel deals, launching DirectBuy Travel in 2014.

2018

Also in January 2018, after having closed all but six of its showrooms, DirectBuy began opening new scaled-down brick-and-mortar clubs, with the first opened in Houston, Texas, and plans to open around 24 in the next two years.

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