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Circuit City Rises from the Ashes

By David Dorf on May 24, 2009 1:54 PM

You may not have noticed, but CircuitCity.com relaunched on May 19th under new management. Systemax bought the Circuit City website for $14 million in cash plus a share of future revenue over the next 30 months. When CompUSA was close...

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The 1962 Virus Continues to Spread

By David Dorf on February 24, 2009 9:30 AM

Those in the retail industry probably know the significance of 1962. For those that don't, that's when Walmart, Kmart, and Target first opened their collective doors. Since then, those three chains have changed the landscape of retail forever. Dayton-Hudson (which...

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Can I Put that on Layaway?

By David Dorf on November 13, 2008 9:13 AM

The current economic conditions should make for an interesting holiday shopping season. The only positive thing I've seen is that gas prices continue to drop ($1.98 a gallon near my house), so maybe that will get shoppers out. Regardless, retailers...

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