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Read First: Style: Broken Circuit...How Circuit City Lost Its Way

Systemax wins bid to buy Circuit City brand...Circuit City back on-line?


hhgregg to Richmond?
Circuit City wants to sell Web site for $6.5 million  (WRVA Audio | Home Media Magazine)...Back from the grave?    
A Tale of Three Bankruptcies
Should laid-off Circuit City have employees received more pay or notice?   
Circuit City cuts board members and more executives
The City Sleeps  

The End Of An Era: Short Pump-Based Circuit City Shutters Doors Forever
 
 
The Last Will and Testament of Circuit City 
 
The Rise and Fall of Circuit City 
  
Customers and the curious pay last visit to Circuit City...Circuit City’s demise vacates lots of retail space
  
Lights Off: Circuit City 1949 – 2009
 
After 60 years Circuit City powers down      
Circuit City Hearing On Capitol Hearing   
 
House panel summons Circuit City officials

End of an era: Circuit City closes Sunday night...Twice | NPR 
   
On final day, Circuit City stores sell remaining merchandise  
Circuit City’s HQ Liquidation: The Sequel   
Judge approves bonus pay for Circuit City execs | AP | Twice | WRVA Audio 
 
Circuit City seeks incentives for executives, others on wind-down team

Laid-off Circuit City workers to lose health coverage  
Silver Lining in Circuit City Bankruptcy   
Weaving the real-time web into brick-and-mortar retail   
Circuit City Store Closings To Begin This Month 
Circuit City’s HQ tag sale  
 
Circuit City Opens Corporate Headquarters For Liquidation 
 
Liquidation firm hired to sell Circuit City’s furniture and fixtures
...Business Week  

Hilco to bid on Circuit City name...Circuit City name may live on with Web site 
 
Circuit City name might survive
   
Circuit City: Going Once, Going Twice 
-Businessweek 
-Times Dispatch 
-Twice
 
Judge: Circuit City can break leases 

Circuit Seeks Staff Stay-On Bonuses...Times Dispatch    
Op/Ed Inside Circuit City’s implosion
Waiting out Circuit City   
Circuit City ripples go beyond vacancies, layoffs 
Circuit City Job Fair...Circuit City Lends A Hand To Employees With Job Fair
Circuit City Taps Gordon Bros. Unit To Sell Off Real Estate 
Circuit City heads to bankruptcy court  
No reboot for Circuit City
Circuit City: A Brief History In Time  
The final moments of Circuit City...Chain considered major changes...A Family Loss ...more  
Circuit City: How to shop liquidation sales
-Circuit City: Vying for Liquidation Bargains
-6 Liquidation Sale Tips From A Circuit City Employee
-Liquidation Nation
-Liquidation sales can be a damp deal

Up to 1,903 Circuit City jobs to be eliminated...more  
Circuit City CFO joins OfficeMax 
Official "Going Out of Business" Statement
(press releases...BlogRunner...Technorati...Google News)
-Apple Insider
-Baltimore Sun

-BBC
-Bloomberg
-Blorge
-Boston Globe
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CBS6
-Chicago Tribune
-CNBC
-CNET...bedlam
-CNN...analysis...Digg Discussion  
-Consumerist
-CRN
-Crunchgear
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Daily News Record 
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Downtown Short Pump...liquidation
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Daily Press
-Engadget
-Examiner
-Forbes
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Free Lance Star
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The Hook
-Information Week
-LA Times
-Lifehacker
-MacRumors
-MSNBC
-PC World 
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Portfolio Weekly
-NY Times...Q&A 
-Orlando Sentinel 
-RealTechNews 
-Reuters
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Richmond BizSense...liquidation
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RichmondWiki 
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Roanoke Times 
-Rolling Stone
-Star Tribune
-TheStreet

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Times Dispatch...Impact...Discussion...Slideshow...Shutting down...liquidation sales begin (Shoppers line up seeking final deals)...Shuttering Circuit City is a big job...Rewind: Local bankruptcies have ripple effect 
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Tobacco Avenue
-Twice...Liquidation Begins Saturday
-US News and World Reports 
 
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Virginia Business
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Virginia Pilot
-Wall Street Journal
-Washington Post
-Washington Times
-Winchester Star
-Wired
-Yahoo!

Commentary 

-Best Buy faces risk of becoming too arrogant
-The city, Circuit City
-Circuit City: A eulogy
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Circuit City has lesson on economy
-Circuit City Stores To Be Used For Nuclear Waste Storage 
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A Family Loss
-Has anyone ever had a good experience at Circuit City? 
-Employee Free Choice Act would have saved Circuit City
-Lessons from Circuit City’s bankruptcy 
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Rewiring Our City's Circuits
-Why Circuit City tanked
Circuit City talks continue  
Circuit City bankruptcy auction to begin today  
Potential buyers found for Circuit City  
Circuit City will meet today with creditors  
Unlettered capitalism: Circuit City has yanked its signs  
Circuit City - I Wear Red 4U (via)    
Circuit City, still breathing  
Circuit City financing approved to continue operations
 (First Edition) | AP | Reuters | Twice
 
Circuit City Gets Financing as Same-Store Sales Plummet 
 
Both Good And Bad News For Troubled Circuit City  
  
Judge approves gigantic Circuit City loan but there might be a lot more store closings
 
Circuit City heads back to bankruptcy court today 
-Circuit City Seeks to Block Payments 

Michigan Circuit City a retail ghost town  
Circuit City says not closing more stores  
Circuit City Drops Lease Auction...Circuit City to seek to break 154 leases
| Daily Press
Another Factor in Circuit City’s Downfall  
In Hard Times, Is Best Buy’s Best Good Enough?

Best Buy to offer severance packages, slash spending
 
 
Best Buy offers buyouts 

Laid-off Circuit City workers could lose pay...Correction, Laid off Circuit City workers will get paid | AP | Reuters | Virginia Business 
 
Circuit City To Be De-Listed 
 
Retailers Report a Crisis in All Aisles
 
Ahead of the Bell: Circuit City bankruptcy hearing

Shopping for Black Friday deals at bankrupt retailers  


Short Pump Best Buy v. Short Pump Circuit City  
Circuit City's Hard Sell  
Shopping for Black Friday deals at bankrupt retailers  
Style Cover: Broken Circuit...How Circuit City Lost Its Way
 
Salinas' Inscrutable Circuit City Strategy  
Short Circuit: How low does this e-tailer go?  
What if your favorite store goes bankrupt?  
So Long Circuit City!  
What do do with Circuit City's 155 closed stores?  
Circuit City Turns To Unrelentingly Optimistic Junk Email
Hazard Signs at Circuit City 
Sony Execs Discuss Economy, Circuit City  
More Hope?
Salinas' Inscrutable Circuit City Strategy  
-Agreement might delay Circuit City investor |
Mexican billionaire wants to influence Circuit City...Investor ponders Circuit City deal: Consultant says buying retail chain in bankruptcy could be excellent move...Electronics chain chairman buys Circuit City stake | Investor raises his Circuit City stake 
-More Señor Salinas to the Rescue Stories! Bloomberg | Home Media | Reuters | Twice | Wall Street Journal
-Circuit City Sought Chap. 11 To Calm Vendors, Buy Time   
Gift cards can be lumps of coal  
Not-So-Black-Friday Preview: Circuit City  
Update: Circuit City Short Circuits, Closes 150 More Branches  
Circuit City aims to win back customers  
 
Circuit City turns to stars 

Money rumors could hurt Circuit City 

Top 10 Reasons Circuit City Will Go Out of Business

I don't work for Circuit City, but...  

Circuit City Bankruptcy Will Affect Mall Landlords More Than Consumers
 
Circuit City bankruptcy a blip for tech firms


Circuit City’s Last Chance..Eight Reasons Why Circuit City Went Bankrupt 
Hope Tuesday?:
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Circuit City's $1.1 Billion Bankruptcy Loan Buys It More Time  

Why Circuit City Busted, While Best Buy Boomed 

The truth: Circuit City execs killed the company
 
Home Team...Awful Circuit City Editorial
 
No position safe at Circuit City 
 
5 Things We’ll Miss About Circuit City
  
Circuit City Liquidator Demonstrates Its Ability To Do Math
 
Will Circuit City Repel or Attract Holiday Shoppers?
 
Circuit City meets the Grinch who stole Christmas 
 
What's next for Circuit City?
 
Final Chapter For Circuit City?

Blacker Monday: Chapter 11/De-listed
-Press Release...Circuit City Stores, Inc. Statement Regarding NYSE Move to Delist
-Local: Times Dispatch | Downtown Short Pump | Richmond Bizsense | VA Pilot 
-National: Bloomberg | CNN | Gizmodo | Market Watch | New York Times | Portfolio | Reuters | WSJ
-Twitter CC | Google Discussion | Yahoo Message Boards

Black Friday
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Regrets as chain fights to survive | Chapter 11 bankruptcy seems likely  | Circuit City timeline 
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Circuit City layoffs hit Henrico HQ
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Downtown Short Pump | Richmond BizSense | WRIC | WRVA 
-National:
Crunch Gear | Gizmodo | Reuters | TwiceWired | WSJ
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LiveJournal Discussion
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Twitter CC | Google Discussion | Yahoo Message Boards
 
Earlier this week... 
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VCU Brandcenter favorite and Richmond VA based Circuit City to close 150 stores
-The company is 'considering all available options and alternative to restructure its business.'
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Consumerist (updated)
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Three Virginia Stores
-Official Press Release

As Circuit City tries to keep its head above water, cynics snicker and supporters scramble


Circuit City: The Lost Years  
Money rumors could hurt Circuit City
Circuit City working with advisers...Circuit City Loses Recommendation
Cirque du Citay  
 
Dear New Circuit City CEO: Here's How To Fix Your Stores ...To: Circuit City and Best Buy. From: You. 
  
BloggingStocks commenters provide clues to the demise of Circuit City

Holidays to test Circuit City rebound plan 
 
Circuit City Posts Wider Loss...On Life Support...Hires Restructuring Firm...How Circuit City Got Here


-Official Press Release
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Circuit City drops ‘disastrous’ CEO | TD | Richmond.com | IHT | Business Week | WaPo
-Outsted Circuit City CEO departing Richmond?
-Circuit City slips to 22-year low 
-Dear Circuit City
"Sucker City"
Circuit City lifts temporary ban on 'MAD' magazine's spoof of retailer...Defends its sense of humor
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4-page spoof of Circuit City preview (PDF) | Issue 492 
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Boy Genius
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CNET
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Consumerist
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Comics Worth Reading
-Dan Durazo 
-Gizmodo
-Gothamist
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Network World...The Streisand Effect
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Richmond.com
-Yahoo Tech

CC on Google and Yahoo | BBI 
Circuit City Watch
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Give Me Just a Little More Time 
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A (Fire) Sale for Circuit City?
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Shareholder Says Several Firms Interested in Buying Circuit City
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Wattles: Circuit City Suitor to Surface Shortly
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Circuit City Sale Possible 
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Circuit City deal may be announced in weeks 
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Circuit City CEO mum on buyout prospects at annual meeting 
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Circuit City defends turnaround efforts 
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Circuit City investor says 3 firms looking to make bid for chain 
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Blockbuster To Make Circuit City Offer It Can't Refuse, Or Refuse To Make Offer? 
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CarMax and Circuit City: Sniffles and Pneumonia
-Where's the Synergy? 
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Game Not Over
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The Splendid Logic behind Blockbuster Acquiring Circuit City 
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Circuit City opens books, Dissident shareholder says the retailer could be sold in the near future
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Bows to Blockbuster, Shareholders | Last Dance
-Mr. Carl Icahn | Shrewdest Investor on the Planet

Blockbuster Wants to Buy Circuit City

Circuit City For Sale? 

 

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