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Today we learn about the story of Samuel Wurtzel and the electronics retailer, Circuit City.
We have invited Samuel S. Wurtzel Endowed Chair in Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University.MNB WORLD is the international broadcast service of Mongolia...
Feb 6, 2023 · Birthdate: March 02, 1907. Birthplace: Sea Bright, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. Death: December 06, 1985 (78) Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York, United States. Immediate Family: Son of Jacob Bert Wurtzel and Flora Wurtzel.
- Sea Bright, New Jersey
- Stephanie Wurtzel, Ruth Wurtzel
- New Jersey
- March 2, 1907
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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.
Wurtzel, Samuel & Wurtzel, Alan L. (1907-1985) (1933-) Circuit City Stores Inc. Overview. Father and son Samuel S. Wurtzel and Alan L. Wurtzel propelled the Circuit City Stores into a conglomerate specializing in consumer electronics, digital video programming, music software, and automobile sales.
Wurtzel’s father, Sam Wurtzel, opened a television store known as Wards, the first location in the eventual Circuit City empire, in Richmond, Va., in 1950. The idea came to him when he was passing through the city, stopped for a haircut and heard the barber talking about the South’s first television station, which had just debuted there.
