technologizer.com - 1/19/2009
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They’re the grim reapers of failing retail chains, except they brandish going-out-of-business signs instead of scythes. And they were surrounding the Circuit City a couple of miles from my house today, which, like the rest of the company’s 500+ U.S. stores, is liqidating its stock as ...
circuitcity.com - 1/16/2009
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circuitcity.com —
Due to challenges to our business and the
continued bleak economic environment, Circuit City is going out
of business and the company's assets will be liquidated to pay off creditors. The process was extremely difficult and we were left with no other ...
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Circuit City
news.cnet.com - 1/18/2009
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news.cnet.com —
After Best Buy mega-stored Circuit City to oblivion,
the hapless retailer has quickly gone to pieces. On
Friday, Circuit City said it was liquidating all of its stores . Then, on Saturday there was a big liquidation sale at my local Circuit ...
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Bedlam breaks out at Circuit City
money.cnn.com - 1/16/2009
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money.cnn.com —
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Bankrupt electronics retailer Circuit
City Inc. said Friday it has asked for court
approval to close its remaining 567 U.S. stores and sell all its merchandise. The company said it has 34,000 employees."We are extremely ...
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Circuit City seeking to liquidate - Jan. 16, 2009
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Long lines, few bargains as Circuit City fire sale begins
Yahoo! Tech Advisors —
... at a southern California stores ("consumers swarming everywhere … seemingly snapping up anything that wasn't nailed down"), while Harry McCracken of Technologizer found long lines but a "sedate" scene in a south San Francisco outlet. While the lines were lengthy, real bargains were apparently in short supply. ...
The Front Lines: Inside Circuit City’s Liquidation
GEARFUSE —
... if you live near one. Chances are the manager will be more than happy to bargain with you if you’re picking up enough goodies. After the jump, photos showcasing the death of an electronics retailer. [image] [image] Link
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Circuit City: The Frenzy Has Passed!
Technologizer —
Circuit City I happened to be running errands today near the local Circuit City that had an amazingly long line of bargain-hunters waiting to get into its going-out-of-business sale on Sunday , so I popped by to see how the story was faring after a couple more days of liquidation. Once again, I took a few photos using my iPhone’s trusty-but-blurry camera. Sunday’s snaking line of shoppers had dwindled to…well, it had disappeared. Once again, it was possible to stroll into the store: Circuit City No Line Inside, there were quite a few customers milling about. But most products ...
Circuit City annoying customers right to the bitter end
GMSV —
... on the subject. And apparently even on its deathbed, it’s still able to alienate shoppers just one more time. The L.A. Times reports that many of those who have been crowding the stores looking for those promised liquidation sale discounts of 10 percent to 30 percent are ...
Can’t Anyone Do Tech Retailing Right?
Technologizer —
... These are strange times for the retailing of computers and other technology products. Some of the most venerable and best-known names in the business are going out of business, or severely contracting: Sixty-year-old Circuit City is much of the way through the liquidation sale that will end with the closure of all its U.S. stores, a year after CompUSA nearly died before being acquired by TigerDirect and retreating to the U.S. southeast. That leaves Best Buy as the sole nationwide, full-service retail outfit focused on the selling of a wide variety of consumer electronics ...
The Tragic Last Days of Circuit City
Technologizer —
... Liquidation: It’s an ugly word for the ugly process of shutting down a retailer by selling off stuff little by little until there’s nothing left that anyone’s going to buy at any price. And my most recent visit to my local branch of the soon-to-be-defunct Circuit City in the Bay Area was…ugly. Literally. The place, which says it’s down to its final week of business, was in gloomy disarray–one part rummage sale, one part junk closet, and barely recognizable as the splashy consumer-electronics merchant that has been around for sixty years. ...
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i.gizmodo.com 3/9/2009 — Reader Sean sends in these photos taken outside his local Circuit City store in Almherst, as Best Buy 's Geek Squad pay their final respects to Circuit City. And by that, I mean they bought stuff. Sean tells us that the store was empty down to 3 ...
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technologizer.com 3/3/2009 — Liquidation: It’s an ugly word for the ugly process of shutting down a retailer by selling off stuff little by little until there’s nothing left that anyone’s going to buy at any price. And my most recent visit to my local branch ...
Circuit City files for bankruptcy as creditors circle
slashgear.com 11/10/2008 — Circuit City has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection , in a move to reduce pressure from suppliers and in what could be a final, last-ditch attempt to ride out the ongoing credit crisis. The company, which is the number two electronics ...
Circuit City Thanksgiving Day Blowout Sale happening Online
i4u.com 11/27/2008 — Circuit City stores are closed today, but the Circuit City online store is open of course and you can find deals in the Circuit City Thanksgiving Day Blowout Sale.
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More than $1 billion sold at Circuit City fire sales
crunchgear.com 2/19/2009 —
While we failed to find much of anything at the Circuit City liquidation sales, apparently a whole bunch of other people did. The liquidator overloads are reporting that they managed to sell more than $1 billion of Circuit City’s inventory ...
Best Buy: Dancing On Circuit City’s Grave
blogs.barrons.com 3/23/2009 — The Street has been hustling to boost estimates on Best Buy (BBY) ahead of the company’s release this Thursday morning of results for its fiscal fourth quarter ended February. And for that, you can thank the demise of Circuit City . There is a wide spread belief - which is pretty logical ...
If every day were a Circuit City liquidation sale…
blogs.zdnet.com 1/19/2009 — Circuit City stores are a bit busy as the company liquidates its inventory.
Perhaps if there were a liquidation sale every day Circuit City would have survived.
Circuit City said Friday it would liquidate and a day later its stores were ...
Circuit City’s Liquidation Sale: Deal or No Deal?
hdguru.com 1/19/2009 — circuitcity-closeout-408.jpg Unable to find a buyer for its money losing chain of stores, by order of the bankruptcy court, today (Jan. 17, 2009) Circuit City began the liquidation of all of its merchandise in the 567 remaining Circuit City stores in ...
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