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1. www.encyclopedia.com › education › economicsWurtzel, Samuel & Wurtzel, Alan L. | Encyclopedia.com

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   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.

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Circuit_CityCircuit City - Wikipedia

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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.

3. www.company-histories.com › Circuit-City-StoresCircuit City Stores, Inc. -- Company History

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   In 1949, when Samuel Wurtzel opened Ward's--Richmond, Virginia's first retail television store--his goal was to provide the community with a new technology that would change the face of consumer electronics forever.

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   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.

5. www.richmondfed.org › ~ › mediaThe Rise and Fall of Circuit City - Richmond Fed

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   But led by Wurtzel’s son Alan, who had become CEO in 1972, the company closed or sold a number of unprofitable outlets, and by the late 1970s it was ready to start expanding again. It did so with a new name and a new retail model inspired by the early discount stores: the Circuit City “superstore.”.

6. startupsapience.medium.com › the-rise-and-fall-ofThe Rise and Fall of Circuit City | by Startup Sapience | Medium

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   Aug 26, 2020 · Samuel Wurtzel passed down the flame to one of his sons, Alan, to build the business further. Alan wasted no time to refine the business. At that time, stereo-equipment was in popular demand....

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   Who was Sam Wurtzel?

   • From Tire Store to Fortune 500 Wurtzel had correctly foreseen the growing consumer In 1949, New Yorker and serial entrepreneur Sam Wurtzel demand for televisions — the number of households with was having his hair cut in Richmond on his way to a family sets grew from under 1 million in 1949 to 20 million by 1953 vacation in North Carolina.

   The Rise and Fall of Circuit City - Richmond Fed

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   When did Samuel Wurtzel start a TV store?

   • Samuel Wurtzel was having a haircut while on vacation in Richmond, Virginia, when he learned the first commercial TV station in the South would go live. Being a savvy businessman, he saw the immense potential of opening a store to sell TV sets. That was in 1949. He moved from New York to Richmond and opened a store called Wards.

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   When did ward's start?

   • Richmond, Virginia 23233-1464 U.S.A. In 1949, when Samuel Wurtzel opened Ward's--Richmond, Virginia's first retail television store--his goal was to provide the community with a new technology that would change the face of consumer electronics forever.

   Circuit City Stores, Inc. -- Company History

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   How much did Wurtzel make a year?

   • From its base in retailing televisions, Wurtzel soon branched out his business, initially called Wards Company, to include other home appliances. Within ten years, the business had expanded to encompass a chain of four stores, all of which were located in Richmond. Combined sales volume was about $1 million a year.

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   When did wards start selling TV sets?

   • Being a savvy businessman, he saw the immense potential of opening a store to sell TV sets. That was in 1949. He moved from New York to Richmond and opened a store called Wards. The stores initially sold solely TV sets but later expanded to include home appliances as well.

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   When did Wurtzel get a haircut?

   • Wurtzel had sold his business and was vacationing in Richmond, Virginia, in 1949 when he went to get a haircut and, while chatting with the barber, learned that the first commercial television station in the South would shortly go on the air in Richmond.

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   Oct 3, 2016 · The Circuit City story began 67 years ago with Samuel Wurtzel, who founded a chain of appliance stores called Wards to sell television sets, back when TV was still a new technology. The chain...