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 04.09.2009 | Business
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 04.06.2009 | Business
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 02.16.2009 | Business
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 01.09.2009 | Business
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. ...
Roseanne Colletti | Posted 12.29.2008 | Living
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...
Black Friday Ad Hoaxes | Posted 12.29.2008 | Business
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...
Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.19.2008 | Entertainment
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 12.12.2008 | Media
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...
Associated Content | Sylvia Cochran | Posted 12.11.2008 | Business
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...
AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM and VINNEE TONG | Posted 12.11.2008 | Business
RICHMOND, Va. -- Circuit City Stores Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday heading into the busy holiday season as analysts question whether ...
Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 12.04.2008 | Business
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 11.21.2008 | Media
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 10.16.2008 | Style
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 10.07.2008 | Business
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 05.17.2008 | Business
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 04.22.2008 | Business
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 04.22.2008 | Business
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 04.17.2008 | Business
RICHMOND, Va. — Struggling electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. said Wednesday it swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter profit, as cost cutt...
ABC News | Ashley Phillips | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
If you bought an HD DVD player before the technology became outdated last month, you won't be stuck with a technological dinosaur -- at least if you b...
Bloomberg | Cotton Timberlake | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
U.S. retailers, confronting what may be the worst holiday-sales season in five years, are trying to get shoppers out of their stores. The FAO Schwarz...
AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. on Friday reported a wider-than-expected loss for the third quarter, driven by lower extended warranty s...
USA Today | Bruce Horovitz | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Folks still fret over how many shopping days are left until Christmas. But Net-savvy shoppers worry about something else: How many shipping days? Aft...
AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 05.14.2009 | Business