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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.
When the enterprise operated as Wards Company TV stores in the 1950s, founder Samuel S. Wurtzel took a personal interest in his employees.
Circuit City was founded by Samuel S. Wurtzel, an importer-exporter who owned a business in New York.
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.
Dec 7, 1985 · Samuel S. Wurtzel, founder of Circuit City Stores Inc., died Thursday at his home in Mount Kisco, N.Y. He was 78 years old. Mr. Wurtzel was born in Sea Bright, N.J.
May 29, 2018 · Circuit City was founded by Samuel S. Wurtzel, an importer-exporter who owned a business in New York. 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 ...
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