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Many Circuit City stores were out-of-date and in bad locations, unable to compete with newer Best Buy stores. In 2000, Circuit City moved away from the Superstore showroom format and introduced a new more self-service "Big Box" format called "Horizon." The new format eliminated the red tower entrances and moved the entrance to the center of the ...
Circuit City – filed for bankruptcy in 2008 and liquidated on March 8, 2009; [83] [84] [85] reopened online through Tiger Direct in April 2009; closed again in late December 2012; intellectual property was sold again to Circuit City Corp. in January 2016, which plans to open an online operation and retail stores; CompuAdd – bankrupted in ...
Best Buy's decision to cut wages of thousands of its senior sales people, and eliminate up to 1,000 jobs, looks like a bad imitation of failed electronics retailer Circuit City.In a reorganization ...
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A Tale of Two Cities: The Circuit City Story is a documentary produced, directed, and edited by Tom Wulf. The documentary chronicles the entire 60-year history of the Richmond-based retailer Circuit City. The documentary traces the defunct retailer from its humble beginnings as the family-owned Wards TV, to its rise to become the nation's ...
The closing locations were chosen based upon their overall performance, profitability, and proximity to competitors such as Best Buy, Fry's Electronics, Micro Center, and Circuit City. This first round of closings reduced the number of stores to less than half of its previous number.
Critics have argued that the move into these new ventures caused Circuit City to lose focus amid growing competition. [2] Sharp retired as Circuit City's CEO in 2000 and left the company's board in 2002. [3] All Circuit City stores closed in 2009 due to competition from other retailers, such as Best Buy, and e-commerce. [2]
TigerDirect was an El Segundo, California-based online retailer dealing in electronics, computers, and computer components. The company was previously owned by Systemax, which is known for its acquisitions of the intellectual property of the defunct U.S. retail chains Circuit City and CompUSA and relaunching them as online retailers.