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Circuit City to liquidate, shutter stores
Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:08pm EST

By Karen Jacobs and Emily Chasan

ATLANTA/RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - Bankrupt electronics retailer
Circuit City Stores said on Friday it will liquidate its assets and
shutter hundreds of U.S. stores after failing to reach a deal to sell the
company.


Good riddance. Circuit City was one of the worst retail stores for consumer
electronics (or anything for that matter) that I can think of. Sales
"associates" walking around with cell phones stuck in their ear, talking to
friends or congregating in groups yuking it up while customers wait at the
register to pay for purchases or need assistance. We had two in this area,
one was in business for several years, the other relatively new. Both
stores had the same cavalier culture when it came to the customers.

Plus, typically they didn't know anything about the products they sold. Most
were high school kids working after school. At least Best Buy has some
trained sales associates that know something about what they sell. For the
market it was supposed to serve, Circuit City was no better than a Target or
Wal-Mart.

I am surprised they stayed in business as long as they did, economic
slowdown or no economic slowdown.

Eisboch