Circuit City Corporation, Inc., formerly Circuit City Stores, Inc., was an American consumer electronics retail company founded in 1949 by Samuel Wurtzel as the Wards Company. It operated stores across the United States and pioneered the electronics superstore format in the 1970s, and after a run of acquisitions and a successful listing on the New York Stock Exchange it changed its name to Circuit City Stores Inc. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Source Wikipedia: Circuit City
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Source Wikipedia, Circuit City
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Richmond, located there.
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1. Wikipedia, Circuit City
WikipediaInfobox company, type field
type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
Infobox company, founded field
founded = {{ubl | {{Start date and age|1949}} (as Wards Company) | {{Start date and age|1984}} (as Circuit City Stores) | {{Start date and age|2009}} (as CircuitCity.com) | {{Start date and age|2016}} (as Circuit City Corporation)
Infobox company, defunct field
defunct = {{End date and age|2009|3|8}} (original company)
- Related Corporate Events: Circuit City Bankruptcy
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WikipediaOperates In: Retail Industry, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)Quote, Operates In: Retail Industry, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q126793, matched to the live industry entity "Retail Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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