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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. [ 2][ 3] After multiple purchases and a successful run ...
Just for Feet – bankrupt in 1999, acquired by Footstar, final stores closed in 2004. MC Sports – filed for bankruptcy and closed in 2017. Modell's Sporting Goods – first store opened in 1889. On March 11, 2020, the company filed for bankruptcy, and announced it would close all 115 stores.
He hid out at an abandoned Circuit City and Toys R Us store in Charlotte. The 6100 E. Independence Blvd. site is now home to Carpet Discount Warehouse and its neighbor Vizion Church.
CompUSA, Inc., was a retailer and reseller of personal computers, consumer electronics, technology products and computer services. Starting with one brick-and-mortar store in 1986 under the name Soft Warehouse, by the 1990s CompUSA had grown into a nationwide big box chain. At its peak, it operated at least 229 locations. [ 1]
Best Buy (NYS: BBY) has a history of muscling out rivals from the electronics superstore market. But did the company learn anything from the death throes of its unfortunate victims? Judging by ...
Fry's Electronics, Inc. Fry's Electronics was an American big-box store chain. It was headquartered in San Jose, California, in Silicon Valley. Fry's retailed software, consumer electronics, household appliances, cosmetics, tools, toys, accessories, magazines, technical books, snack foods, electronic components, and computer hardware.
Yesterday news broke that Circuit City would announce the imminent closure of 155 retail locations, and this morning the company confirmed the news. Detailing its next plan of action in a lengthy ...
Raymond Zimmerman. Products. Jewelry, gifts, home decor products, sporting goods, electronics, toys. Service Merchandise was a retail chain of catalog showrooms carrying jewelry, toys, sporting goods and electronics. The company, which first began in 1934 as a five-and-dime store, was in existence for 68 years before ceasing operations in 2002.