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Britboyj27 @ Jul 4th 2007 3:20PM
007BAF - Being a new store, that one probably has been able to draw in the best qualified individuals from elsewhere in the company, most CC stores fired all of their well-trained employees because they felt they were paid too much.
Any other store probably doesn't have the staff that the one you visited did. Most CC stores are selling heir larger TV's below cost just to steal customers away from Ultimate and Best Buy.
Also, Best Buy currently carries 3 1080p capable receivers, the Yamaha 6090 and 661, as well as the Harman-Kardon AVR-347 (although the 247 will support 720p/1080i active switching, it can do passthrough 1080p). Pioneer's 917 model says it will support 1080p passthrough, as will one of the Sony receivers, but I've not seen those put to the test like the above.
There are serious rumblings that Circuit City could well be delcaring bankruptcy at the end of their fiscal year, and are expecting to post significany losses every quarter. As a company, they're not exactly doing well.
007baf @ Jul 4th 2007 6:37PM
I wondered about their stability and was curious why/how they opened a new store. I've never been in an Ultimate store, but I will. I'm building a new house and they do the sound systems, etc... Are they pretty good?
From Forbes re: Circuit City's finanical health:
"The situation at Circuit City is a lot uglier. This company has been trying to find a way to get back on firm footing and stay there for a long time. Every so often it appears to be making progress, but then falters and changes strategies. The same thing is happening now. The stock has been cut in half over the last year, to $15 and change. Why is the stock attractive? I really don't think it can go much lower and there are some catalysts that could push it back into the 20s.
If the latest round of restructuring doesn't work, I really think Circuit City will be sold. There have been interested parties in the past, but the company has resisted. Personally, I think a buyout is the best way for the company to turn things around. I would love to see Eddie Lampert buy Circuit City. It looks like his kind of thing, namely a brand name and a bunch of customers, but no consistent profitability."