circuitcity

    By Gary E. Sattler

    | 12:30PM 1/14/2009
    This is really just a story about simple thievery, but the details are just too good not to share. It seems that the employees of a Circuit City store in North Carolina simply watched a $2300 television walk out the door. soKe.flace('walletpop-retail_stores_closing', '618', '600');...

    By Aaron Crowe

    | 3:30PM 11/11/2008
    As Circuit City seeks bankruptcy protection, and DHL U.S. Express announced plans to lay off 9,500 workers, I can't help but think back to decisions the companies made six months to a year ago that foreshadowed these moves Monday. For Circuit City, it was laying off workers that I think helped lead...

    By Julie Tilsner

    | 3:30PM 11/05/2008
    Circuit City, the struggling Big Box electronics retailer, announced earlier this week that it will be closing some 20% of its North American stores in an effort to regain profitability. It will shutter 155 of its 700 stores and lay off about 17% of its workforce. But wait! If it's closing stores,...

    By Carol Vinzant

    | 2:30PM 5/16/2008
    The movement to convince Microsoft to continue XP past this June, when it was supposed to fade away as Vista became supreme, just became a lot more real to me. I bought a new Gateway with Vista with my tax rebate money. I was never that thrilled with XP, but after six days on Vista I am running...

    By Lita Epstein

    | 10:06AM 12/30/2007
    Computer geeks and anyone else who wants to find a wide selection of accessories for their computer systems will miss CompUSA when its doors close at the end of 2007. It's mind-boggling how the richest man in the world, Mexican retailer and telephone baron Carlos Slim, could turn a multi-billion...