Sunday | FreeMarketNews.com
Circuit City Merger Blockbuster Likely
FreeMarketNews.com Circuit City is finally throwing in the towel. Confronted with weak sales, impatient shareholders, and a U.S. consumer pummeled by recession, the electronics chain capitulated on May 9 and ... via FreeMarketNews.com
Thursday May 8 | Bloomberg
Best Buy to Pay $2.2 Billion for Half of Carphone Warehouse Retail Venture
Best Buy Co. , the largest U.S. electronics retailer, will open its first stores in Europe by investing 1.1 billion pounds in a joint venture with Carphone Warehouse Group Plc . via Bloomberg
Wednesday May 7 | The Retail Stock Blog
Circuit City: Simply Appalling
“That's the most cynical thing I've heard about in a long time”
A perennial mystery to this longtime governance observer is how a board can seemingly sit silently by and watch a management trash a business. via The Retail Stock Blog
Monday May 5 | WNPQ-FM Canton
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Saturday May 3 | Blogging Stocks
Best Buy, Circuit City heavily promote Blu-ray movie title prices
Consumer electronics retailers Best Buy, Inc. and Circuit City Stores, Inc. are now stocking only Blu-ray disc players in the wake of the fall of competitive format HD DVD. via Blogging Stocks
Thursday May 1 | Media Week
Ziff Davis Names Weedfald President
Troubled technology and video game magazine publisher Ziff Davis Media named Peter Weedfald as president, a new position, as it strives to emerge from bankruptcy by June. via Media Week
Tuesday Apr 29 | KMGH-TV Denver
Computer Shops Fail Undercover Test
“It can cause the chip to shift enough that it doesn't have a complete connection”
In a time when almost everyone owns a computer, it is safe to assume that at some point there will be a problem that requires expert help to fix. via KMGH-TV Denver
Sunday Apr 27 | E-Commerce Times
OPINIONBlockbuster: This Is One Confused Company
What is Blockbuster's strategy? Is it serious about Internet downloads via Movielink? Does it plan to put out a branded set-top box? Its latest adventure is a swipe at brick and mortar -- a bid to scoop up ... via E-Commerce Times
Friday Apr 25 | Internet Retailer
EToys to manage electronic toys category for Circuit City
“Through our eToys solution, The Parent Co. offers retailers a proven way to increase traffic and sales by featuring toys as part of their assortment, without the inventory risk or additional staff”
The Parent Co.'s eToys unit, which operates as an online and catalog toy retailer as well as a provider of e-commerce services for the toy businesses of other retailers, has added Circuit City Stores Inc. via Internet Retailer







