Assessing Circuit City’s impact, a slideshow
March 4, 2009 by Aaron Kremer · 2 Comments
The Boston Globe has a very helpful and slick multimedia slideshow about how Circuit City’s closure is affecting the regional economy up there. Restaurants in the neighborhood of closed Circuit City stores reckon they will lose around $50 a day. Several media outlets are owed thousands for advertising (including $65,000 at the Providence Journal) and property managers have big boxes to fill at a lousy time. They, too, are owed thousands of dollars.
Circuit City’s HQ Liquidation: The Sequel
March 3, 2009 by Aaron Kremer · 1 Comment
The bargain hunters are back at Circuit City’s Western Henrico headquarters.
The electronics store’s Deep Run III building was opened Tuesday to shoppers. But unlike the sale that ended at Deep Run II, this one is going to take longer – until April – and prices are not negotiable yet. Read more

