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2. Circuit City - Wikipedia

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   Circuit City Corporation, Inc., formerly Circuit City Stores, Inc., was an American consumer electronics retail company, which was founded in 1949 by Samuel Wurtzel as the Wards Company, operated stores across the United States, and pioneered the electronics superstore format in the 1970s. [2][3] After multiple purchases and a successful run on ...

3. Silo (store) - Wikipedia

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   1947. Defunct. 1995. Fate. Bought out by Fretter; liquidated. Products. Electronics. Silo was an electronics retailer operated throughout the United States between 1947 and 1995. The western region stores were known for a number of years as "Downings" in Colorado and "Appliance-TV City" in Arizona and California.

4. List of defunct retailers of the United States - Wikipedia

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   Just for Feet – bankrupt in 1999, acquired by Footstar, final stores closed in 2004. MC Sports – filed for bankruptcy and closed in 2017. Modell's Sporting Goods – first store opened in 1889. On March 11, 2020, the company filed for bankruptcy, and announced it would close all 115 stores.

5. Highland Superstores - Wikipedia

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   It was founded in 1933 as Highland Appliance by Harry Mondry in Highland Park, Michigan. By the end of the 1970s, the chain had 18 stores throughout the midwest with headquarters in Plymouth, Michigan. [1] The chain went public in 1985 and had 84 stores, [2] at which point it was the second-largest American electronics retailer behind Circuit City.

6. P. C. Richard & Son - Wikipedia

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   P.C. Richard & Son, commonly known as simply P.C. Richard, is the largest chain of private, family-owned appliance, television, electronics, and mattress stores in the United States. [ 4 ] Its 66 stores are located in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, with the majority of the stores located on Long Island, including the New ...

7. Best Buy - Wikipedia

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   [20] [21] In 1988, Best Buy was in a price and location war with Detroit-based appliance chain Highland Superstores, and Schulze attempted to sell the company to Circuit City for US$30 million. Circuit City rejected the offer, claiming they could open a store in Minneapolis and "blow them away." [22]

8. Incredible Universe - Wikipedia

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   Incredible Universe was a chain of American consumer electronics stores from 1992 to 1997. A typical Incredible Universe was 185,000 square feet (17,200 m 2) of sales floor and warehouse, stocking around 85,000 items. [ 2 ] The operation was conceived by former Tandy CEO John Roach. Many internal corporate philosophies of Disney theme parks ...

9. A Tale of Two Cities: The Circuit City Story - Wikipedia

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   A Tale of Two Cities: The Circuit City Story is a documentary produced, directed, and edited by Tom Wulf. The documentary chronicles the entire 60-year history of the Richmond-based retailer, Circuit City. The documentary traces the defunct retailer from its humble beginnings as the family-owned Wards TV, to its rise to become the nation's ...