Acer Focuses on Direct Sales

In a bid to turn around three years of heavy losses, Acer Inc., Taiwan’s largest computer maker, will stop selling its personal computers in U.S. stores, opting instead to sell them directly via the Internet, the company said. Acer’s U.S. subsidiary, Acer America Corp., will focus more on sales to small- and medium-sized businesses, including schools and government agencies, the company said in a statement, noting its sales to business customers soared 63% last year.