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Bell Canada to Acquire Circuit City’s Canadian Operations
Circuit City Stores, Inc. announced today that Bell Canada has agreed to acquire the Canadian operations of Circuit City. InterTAN Canada Ltd., a subsidiary of Circuit City, controls these operations and operates more than 750 The Source stores across Canada.
Circuit City’s HQ tag sale
Let the rummaging begin. Blu-Ray players, promotional displays, Hawaiian shirts and wireless routers were among the hundreds of items on display in a downstairs conference room at Circuit City’s former headquarters on Broad Street. A liquidation employee said the brand-new goods were pulled from one closet.
Op/Ed Inside Circuit City’s implosion
By Elizabeth Barron Not all of us come with a built-in Intel processor, but the current economy has forced me to step up my cognition. On Friday, Jan. 16, I waited anxiously with my Circuit City colleagues for news about the company’s future. We paced back and forth. We chewed on leftover holiday candy. We… Read more »
Discounts for Circuit City employees
While Circuit City is stingy with the liquidation specials – offering a measly 10% off MSRP – at least one local business is trying to lure Circuit City employees by offering a better discount.
Henrico’s plan
Qimonda, LandAmerica, Circuit City, Genworth. Four of the major corporations and private employers in Henrico County have shed at least 5,000 high-paying jobs. And it’s likely to get worse before it gets better, says Leonard Cake, the county’s director of economic development. Still, the county has more than 20,000 businesses, and as of November the… Read more »
Getting stiffed
Hurry up and wait. That’s the only option for local businesses owed money by bankrupt Circuit City and LandAmerica. More than 1,000 entities are owed money by Circuit City, according to a list of creditors filed with the bankruptcy court in Richmond, and the money from a liquidation sale might not yield enough money to… Read more »
Circuit City draws mobs, but where are the deals?
So this is why furniture stores are always advertising “going out of business” sales. At Circuit City stores in Richmond and across the country, consumers smell a bargain and are dropping thousands on items even though the deals are few and far between. It sort of makes you think that if Circuit City had lowered… Read more »
What do do with Circuit City’s 155 closed stores?
What’s going to happen to the 155 closed Circuit City stores? Best Buy already has better locations, as the business media are always pointing out. They were built for a specific user that sells electronics, and that makes them much harder to re-lease than a typical building. Big boxes, as they’re called, can also be… Read more »
No position safe at Circuit City
Five hundred eighty-eight. That is the number of employees Circuit City laid off Friday. From account executive to visual merchandiser, the company axed positions in seemingly every department and every level of employment, according to paperwork filed with the state.