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- Blockbuster: Confusing Moves
- Blockbuster made a bid out of nowhere for Circuit City, and when they hesitated, Blockbuster took it public. After prodding, Circuit City has finally opened its books to the impudent movie retailer. But that still doesn't answer the main question – what exactly does Circuit City have that they want?
- Videos 2008-06-04
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- Will Ultimate Electronics' Wattles Get Circuit City?
- Part 1 of a series. (See Part 2, "How Mark Wattles Fixes Broken Retailers.") Mark Wattles, the dissident Circuit City shareholder, has gotten almost everything he wanted from management to date. With a $200 million "blank check" stock offering in registration, a track record turning around Hollywood...
- Blog posts 2008-06-25
- Circuit City and the "Good to Great" Business Book Conundrum
- Having just finished writing a lengthy story about almost-bust, electronics mass retailer Circuit City for a weekly newspaper, I keep wondering about the value of business books. The one I have in mind is the 2001 work "Good to Great" by business author Jim Collins who studied...
- Blog posts 2008-11-22
- How Circuit City Lost Its Way
- Having just finished writing a lengthy story about almost-bust, electronics mass retailer Circuit City for a weekly newspaper, I keep wondering about the value of business books. The one I have in mind is the 2001 work “Good to Great†by business author Jim Collins who studied...
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Circuit City in deal talks with two parties
- By Karen Jacobs and Cyntia Barrera Diaz ATLANTA/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Circuit City Stores Inc (CCTYQ.PK) said on Friday it was in talks with two parties that could either buy the bankrupt electronics chain or provide additional financing. Mexican retail and media entrepreneur Ricardo Salinas Pliego, who has built up...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Eight Reasons Why Circuit City Went Bankrupt
- For an early case study of how C-Suites need to deal with the financial crisis, consider the case of big box electronics retailer Circuit City that finally went bankrupt this week. The Richmond, Va.-based firm, with revenues of more than $12 billion, had been one of the...
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- A Bullet in the Temple for Circuit City
- The nation's No. 2 electronics retailer got the coup de grace today. Bankrupt Circuit City announced it was liquidating, eliminating 567 stores and about 30,000 jobs. Circuit City was done in by weak holiday sales which also forced retailers such as KB Toys, Goody's Family Clothing and...
- Blog posts 2009-01-16
- CIRCUIT CITY: Circuit City Praises FCC Action
- DVD News 06-15-1998 DVD NEWS - 15 JUNE 1998 -CIRCUIT CITY: Circuit City Praises FCC Action CDVD NEWS - AM NEWSWIRE, INC. 1998 - DISTRIBUTED BY M2 COMMUNICATIONS = LTD Richard L. Sharp, chairman and chief executive officer of Circuit...
- Research articles 1998-06-15
- CIRCUIT CITY: Circuit City Releases Results With Divx Impact
- DVD News 06-19-1998 DVD NEWS - 19 JUNE 1998 -CIRCUIT CITY: Circuit City Releases Results = With Divx Impact=20 CDVD NEWS - AMNEWSWIRE, INC. 1998 - DISTRIBUTED BY M2 COMMUNICATIONS = LTD For the quarter ended May 31, 1998,...
- Research articles 1998-06-19
- SHORT WAVES.(Circuit City Stores Inc)(Circuit City Stores Inc)( Frigidaire Co)
- CIRCUIT CITY'S SALE of its credit business to Bank One for $1.8 billion in cash "is a smart and expected move," said CIBC World Markets equity analyst Dan Wewer. He said the deal allows Circuit City to continue offering "the same or ex CIRCUIT CITY'S SALE...
- Research articles 2004-02-02
- Big chain plugs into NY with first ad campaign; Circuit City assumes an attitude in bid to shake up local market. (Circuit City Stores Inc.)
- Circuit City assumes an attitude in bid to shake up local market Circuit City today is officially launching a multimillion-dollar media blitz that will herald its entry into the New York market and put new pressure on local electronics retailers. ReplCircuit City assumes an attitude in...
- Research articles 1997-11-24
- Circuit City Stores Inc.(to create two series of common stock to track Circuit City and CarMax businesses)(Brief Article)
- RICHMOND, Va. -- Circuit City Stores Inc. said the company's board of directors has approved a plan to create two series of common stock to track the separate performance of its Circuit City and CarMax retail businesses. The action is subject to a sharRICHMOND, Va. -- Circuit...
- Research articles 1996-11-11
- Pundits on Circuit City: a Blockbuster of a Bad Deal
- This week, heads were scratched at the proposed tie-up between Circuit City and Blockbuster. "The world is littered with remnants of bankrupt retailers," Michael Pachter, an analyst with Wedbush Morgan, told Reuters. Others looking for a metaphor have mentioned Sears-Kmart. Uh-oh. Al Lewis of The Denver...
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- Schoonover Out, Marcum in as Circuit City CEO
- The Mark Wattles-engineered turnaround at Circuit City moved forward Monday with the departure of Philip Schoonover, the electronics chain's chairman, CEO, and president. Replacing Schoonover as president and CEO: James Marcum, who was named non-executive chairman about a month ago. Marcum came to the Circuit City board...
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Circuit City Loses More Than Credit Agency Approval
- Less than two weeks after reporting a $239.2 million second-quarter 2009 loss, the Washington Post is reporting that Circuit City, the consumer electronics giant, lost a recommendation from Bernard Sands, a consulting firm that sells credit and performance data to manufacturers on their retailing customers. The withdrawal by Bernard Sands...
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Circuit City Confronted By New Credit and Vendor Problems
- Less than two weeks after reporting a $239.2 million second-quarter 2009 loss, the Washington Post is reporting that Circuit City, the consumer electronics giant, lost a recommendation from Bernard Sands, a consulting firm that sells credit and performance data to manufacturers on their retailing customers. The withdrawal by Sands signaled...
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Retail Roundup: Billionaire Snaps Up Circuit City Shares, Retailers' New Widgets, More
- Mexican billionaire sees 'great value' in Circuit City -- Although Circuit City Stores Inc. recently filed for bankruptcy protection, one of the world's richest men believes the company may still have a future. Ricardo Salinas Pliego, who owns a 28 percent stake in the company, is "banking on a great...
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Did Bad Bankruptcy Laws Doom Circuit City?
- Did flawed changes to Chapter 11 bankruptcy laws make it harder to companies to reorganize and survive? That will be the topic of a hearing next week by the House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law titled "Circuit City unplugged: Why did Chapter 11 fail to save...
- Blog posts 2009-02-26
- Circuit City in sale talks; Best Buy shrinks targets
- This was originally posted at ZDNet's Between the Lines.Circuit City said Friday that it is in talks with "two highly motivated and interested parties" about selling the company as a going concern. Meanwhile, Best Buy, the largest electronics retailer in the U.S., reckons it continues to take market share.Circuit City...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Circuit City Blew It
- Circuit City executives missed a huge opportunity last week to prove that they too are willing to make sacrifices after they axed 3,400 of its highest-paid employees. If they need to save cash so badly, CEO Philip J. Schoonover could have given back some of his salary or bonus from...
- Blog posts 2007-04-02
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