postmortem

Circuit City Sure Had A Lot Of Optimism Near The End

Circuit City Sure Had A Lot Of Optimism Near The End

Check out these ridiculous corporate propaganda films from poor, sweet Circuit City, back when it was still struggling to differentiate itself from Best Buy in some way other than “worse.”

"Why Circuit City Failed"

"Why Circuit City Failed"

Now that Circuit City has finally sputtered out, it’s fun to talk about what did them in—see their firing-your-best-employees stunt a few years back, for example. But what do former Circuit City employees think? This guy worked with them from 1997 to 2002, and he says for one thing, they should have never stopped carrying appliances.