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CompUSA and Circuit City to die on December 30

John Callaham — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:10:00 +0000

The Circuit City and CompUSA brand names will finally be discontinued on December 30th, thanks to a move by their owners at Systemax to consolidate its brand image under its Tiger Direct brand. Read more...

CircuitCity.com is back, copy of CompUSA & Tiger Direct site

Brad Sams — Sun, 24 May 2009 16:36:09 +0100

CircuitCity lives again, or at least the name does. As of May 23 the site has gone live again offering the types of products that you would expect from the defunct mega-retailer. While... Read more...

Circuit City will close March 8th

Brad Sams — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:55:21 +0000

Circuit City will close all of its remaining stores on March 8th. This will mark the end of a consumer era as a major electronics chain will vanish from the retail space. Regardless... Read more...

What it's like to work at a closing tech store: Circuit City

Brad Sams — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:10:28 +0000

When Circuit City announced that it was closing all of its stores it showed the true signs of the economy. Circuit City was a massive corporation employing over 30,000 employees which would all be... Read more...

Update: Circuit City liquidates assets, closing 567 stores

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:43:09 +0000

Update: Circuit City has posted a statement on their web site here mentioning that all the store chains liquidated and closed between now and March 2009.Circuit City also posted the number of staff it expects... Read more...

Circuit City files for bankruptcy and what this means to you

Brad Sams — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:18:09 +0000

Circuit City, the large electronics chain, has filed for bankruptcy on November 10th. The mega-chain of stores attempted to slash expenditures by closing 155 stores and knocking off 17% of its work force. These drastic... Read more...

Circuit City OKs Cash Incentives to Retain Top Execs

Sagittarius — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:42:05 +0000

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Circuit City, the nation's No. 2 electronics retailer, approved millions in cash incentives to retain its top talent following the departure of several key executives over the past year. Executive vice presidents could claim retention... Read more...

Circuit City Takes Hit in Q2

Sagittarius — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:03:53 +0100

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Circuit City Stores Inc., the nation's second biggest consumer electronics store chain, said Thursday it swung to a loss in its second quarter as sales fell. The company lost a reported $62.8 million, or 38... Read more...

Circuit City and Napster partner on music service

Slimy — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:33:04 +0100

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Circuit City has announced a partnership with Napster that realizes a subscription music service dubbed "Circuit City + Napster" which will offer "all the same great music discovery and community features such as personalized recommendations,... Read more...

Best Buy & Circuit City Report Strong Demand for Vista

Slimy — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:08:10 +0100

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Best Buy Company Incorporated and Circuit City Stores Incorporated have both reported high demand for Windows Vista in their retail stores. In separate earnings statements, the two retail companies said that PCs with Vista preinstalled... Read more...

Circuit City Fires 3,400 "Overpaid" Employees

Slimy — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:54:00 +0100

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Circuit City is firing 3,400 employees (8% of Circuit City's total work force) and bringing in lower-cost workers to fill their roles. The company says that the move is aimed to help realign its cost... Read more...

Circuit City closes Stores due to Aggressive TV Price Cuts

Slimy — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:40:13 +0000

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Circuit City is closing stores 62 stores in Canada and seven underachieving stores in U.S. cities as well as reshuffling its corporate ranks. A support center in Barrie, Ontario will also be closed along with... Read more...

AOL Buys MusicNow from Circuit City

Christopher Vendemio — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 07:07:11 +0000

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AOL said on Thursday it bought Circuit City Stores Inc.'s digital music subscription service MusicNow LLC, a move that thrusts Time Warner Inc.'s Internet unit into competition with RealNetworks, Yahoo, Napster and other subscription services.... Read more...

Apple short-circuits Circuit City deal

NTUsEr — Sat, 09 Feb 2002 01:28:31 +0000

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Apple Computer said Friday that it will no longer sell its Macs at Circuit City. "We have mutually decided to go our separate ways," Circuit City spokesman Bill Cimino told CNET News.com on Friday.... Read more...