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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.
Circuit City Corporation, Inc., formerly Circuit City Stores, Inc., is 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 ...
Parent. InterTAN (1986–2004) Circuit City (2004–2009) BCE Inc. (2009–2024) Website. thesource.ca. The Source (Bell) Electronics Inc., doing business as The Source (French: La Source), was a Canadian consumer electronics and cell phone retail chain. The chain has been present for more than 50 years in Canada, initially as Radio Shack and ...
Blockbuster[5] (formerly called Blockbuster Video) was an American multimedia brand. The business was founded by David Cook in 1985 as a single home video rental shop, but later became a public store chain featuring video game rentals, DVD-by-mail, streaming, video on demand, and cinema theater. [6] The company expanded internationally ...
Steinbach closed its store in 1999 as part of the company's bankruptcy. Sage-Allen, which closed in Fall 1992 and remained vacant for almost 7 years, [citation needed] became The Bon-Ton in 1999, [14] with a second Bon-Ton and Circuit City splitting the former Steinbach. Circuit City liquidated and closed in 2009.
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 ...
This store was converted to a Macy's in 2001 when Stern's stores were closed. Jamesway closed in December 1995 following the company's liquidation. [ 6 ] By 1999, Walmart replaced both the former Jamesway and Arthur's stores, [ 7 ] and Circuit City , which has since closed as part of the economic collapse of that retail chain, was added as well.
TigerDirect. TigerDirect was an El Segundo, California -based online retailer dealing in electronics, computers, and computer components. The company was previously owned by Systemax, which is known for its acquisitions of the intellectual property of the defunct U.S. retail chains Circuit City and CompUSA and relaunching them as online retailers.