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Articles tagged with: Circuit City
Electronics Retailer Casts a Covetous Eye at Vacant Circuit City Sites
The feeling of pleasure at someone else's pain is so disreputable that English speakers use a German word to describe it. But it was hard not to detect a little schadenfreude in electronics retailer HHGregg's latest announcement. more
Circuit City completes sale of Canadian assets
Electronics retailer Circuit City, which closed all its U.S. stores, has sold its Canadian stores to telecommunications company Bell Canada. more
Related Tags: bell-canada, Canada
Circuit City brand, Web site sold at auction
Bankrupt Circuit City's brand, trademarks and e-commerce business have been sold at auction to a New York-based retailer. more
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Bell Canada Buys Electronics Retailer
Bell Canada has agreed to acquire the national consumer electronics retailer, The Source - which is owned by bankrupt US retailer, Circuit City. In addition to its lineup of consumer electronics products, The Source plans to carry the full array of Bell consumer services at its more than 750 stores across Canada by January 2010. The retailer may also agree to carry products from the MVNO, Virgin Mobile - subject to agreements. more
Related Tags: ptc, eu, virgin-mobile, mvno, bankruptcy, bell, Canada
Huge Decline in US Consumer Electronics Spending
The latest consumer spending survey from ChangeWave Research shows a sudden huge pullback in U.S. consumer retail spending on electronics - the largest decline since 2002. The survey of 4,427 consumers, conducted February 18-25, looked at discretionary spending on a range of popular electronic devices, including video game consoles, digital cameras and iPods. more
Related Tags: amazon, ipod, gps, nintendo, best-buy, tax, lcd, ebay, mp3, federal-stimulus, USA
Motorola Needs To Be Quicker To Prevent The Big Squeeze
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Apple's initial success with the iPhone increases the pressure on Motorola to move faster to launch exciting new products. more
Related Tags: at&t, edge, palm, touchscreen, research-in-motion, harris
Customers Wait Average of 5 Minutes to be Served in Retail Stores
While the average wait time before customers are greeted after they first enter a USA wireless retail store is approximately five minutes, overall satisfaction declines considerably if the wait time exceeds 30 seconds, according to a J.D. Power report. more
Related Tags: alltel, sprint-nextel, j.d.-power, retail-stores
Ampd Mobile Secures Retail Distribution Deal
Amp'd Mobile, the USA based MVNO has announced a national distribution relationship with Circuit City Stores, a specialty retailer of consumer electronics, which puts its Pay-As-You-Go handsets in more than 600 Circuit City stores nationwide from next week. more
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Wal-Mart and RadioShack Top US Handset Sales
Telephia has reported that Wal-Mart and RadioShack have posted strong market share for retailing wireless handsets. Among recent wireless purchasers who bought their phone within the last 6 months at a major U.S. retailer, such as big box and consumer electronics stores, 32% bought their handset at Wal-Mart, as compared to 15% two years ago in Q3 2003, more than doubling in share. Twenty-eight percent bought their phone at RadioShack, as the top two major retailers comprised 60% of the total market share, according to Telephia's U.S. Device Report from Q3 2005. Twelve percent of recent mobile device buyers made a purchase at Best Buy, while Target and Circuit City rounded out the top five, claiming eight and seven percent, respectively. more
Related Tags: radioshack, retail-stores