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Circuit City Corporation, Inc., formerly Circuit City Stores, Inc., is an American consumer electronics retail company, which was founded in 1949 by Samuel Wurtzel as the Wards Company, operated stores across the United States, and pioneered the electronics superstore format in the 1970s.
This list includes locations operated under Wards Company, the original name of Circuit City. The former corporate headquarters of the chain was located in Richmond, VA, at 9950 Mayland Dr. Anniston - Store #3280 (Anniston) - 704 S Quintard...
Oct 18, 2023 · As the second-largest electronics retailer in the United States, Circuit City’s demise marked the end of an era characterized by fluorescent-lit aisles filled with cutting-edge gadgets and ...
Nov 11, 2008 · Just a week after saying it was closing some stores to get its finances in order, Circuit City on Monday filed for bankruptcy protection. It will help keep creditors like Sony, Microsoft,...
At the time of the filing, Circuit City had 567 stores and about 34,000 employees nationwide. And although layoffs had begun at headquarters several years earlier, the company was still one of Richmond’s largest employers, with about 2,000 people.
News about Circuit City Stores Inc., including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
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Over the course of the next sixty years, Circuit City Stores Inc. would grow into a company with 700-plus stores and $12 billion-in-sales—and then quickly collapse into bankruptcy and liquidation.
