The Faithful Shopper: Retail Lost and Found
The end of this year also marks the end of the decade, and so it seems appropriate to look back at how New York City retail has changed over these very dramatic 10 years.
The end of this year also marks the end of the decade, and so it seems appropriate to look back at how New York City retail has changed over these very dramatic 10 years.
Jerry Capeci | Posted 05.25.2011
Memo to FBI agents: It's not a good idea to meet your informants out on the street, right near the Bureau's office.
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
DENVER — Court records say family members who sued over a fatal Colorado crash of a jet owned by Circuit City Stores Inc. have reached settlemen...
Jim Gibbons | Posted 11.17.2011
If you regularly read this blog, you may have already read about the Reconnect program. Reconnect began in 2004 when Goodwill first partnered with Del...
Posted 05.25.2011
Here lies a leading big box electronics retailer, an iconic photography mainstay and a host of once ubiquitous consumer brands. In the interest o...
Ron Ashkenas | Posted 05.25.2011
Cross-posted from Harvard Business Online One corporate drama playing out in the news is the fate of Saab -- a now-orphan division of General Motors ...
AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 05.25.2011
RICHMOND, Va. — Circuit City Stores Inc. hopes to sell its brand, trademarks and e-commerce business to Systemax Inc., the same company that pur...
Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011
Understanding the difference between the bad economy and the changing economy could be the key difference between just squeaking by in tough tough times and prospering.
Bloomberg | Carlyn Kolker and Erik Larson | Posted 05.25.2011
March 6 (Bloomberg) -- Circuit City Stores Inc. will finish its going-out-of-business sales by March 8, earlier than the bankrupt company, once the se...
AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM and VINNEE TONG | Posted 05.25.2011
Circuit City became the largest retailer to fall victim to the expanding financial crisis Friday, announcing it will shut down its remaining 567 U.S. ...
Slate Magazine | Noreen Malone | Posted 05.25.2011
Many people greeted the recent news that several major retailers are going out of business by pondering what this means for the broader U.S. economy. ...
Black Friday Ad Hoaxes | Posted 05.25.2011
Black Friday ads have bargain hunters in a tizzy this week, but it was a Circuit City, Future and Best Buy hoax that ruffled the most feathers. A v...
Roseanne Colletti | Posted 11.17.2011
To Gift Card or Not A gift card is a beautiful thing. One size fits all, unlike a swimsuit that is guaranteed not to fit anywhere you want it to...
Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011
The problem of compact discs disappearing from the marketplace is worse than it was only a year ago. Store buyers just ain't a-buyin' from the labels, and it's looking grim all over.
Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011
According to a study by the NPD group, Apple's iPhone has overthrown Motorola's RAZR as the most popular selling phone during the third quarter. The...
AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM and VINNEE TONG | Posted 05.25.2011
RICHMOND, Va. -- Circuit City Stores Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday heading into the busy holiday season as analysts question whether ...
Associated Content | Sylvia Cochran | Posted 05.25.2011
Circuit City Store Closings List The store closing list released by Circuit City and dated 11-03 is substantial. It cuts down the number of operating...
Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 05.25.2011
Here come the closeout sales: Circuit City (CC) says it's shuttering 155 of its 721 U.S. stores, or about 20%, to save cash. The declining electronics...
Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011
If elected President, Barack Obama would create the first-ever Cabinet level Chief Technology Officer. Obama thinks that the US is not doing nearly ...
One For The Table | Posted 05.25.2011
Strangest of all, there are, separated only by the prairies of asphalt, four mattress stores: Mattress Depot, Select Comfort, America's Mattress, and Sleep Country USA.
AP | RACHEL METZ | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK _ As part of its new $300 million marketing campaign and image makeover, Microsoft Corp. plans to deploy its own customer-service representat...
AP | MICHELLE CHAPMAN | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — Consumer electronics retailer Circuit City Stores said Friday that it will allow Blockbuster to review its books in connection with t...
Scott Anthony | Posted 05.25.2011
Combining Blockbuster and Circuit City seems like a pretty bad idea. Each company has distinct strategic issues to address. A merger could very well distract them from the task at hand at the exact worst time.
AP | DAVID KOENIG | Posted 05.25.2011
DALLAS — Blockbuster Inc., which has been busy trying to fix its own movie-rental business, is making a hostile takeover bid of just over $1 bil...
AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 05.25.2011
RICHMOND, Va. — Struggling electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. said Wednesday it swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter profit, as cost cutt...
Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 05.25.2011