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1949: Samuel S. Wurtzel founds Wards Company and opens a retail television store called Wards in Richmond, Virginia. 1959: Company is operating four Wards stores, now selling both televisions and other home appliances, in Richmond, with annual sales of about $1 million. 1961: Company goes public.
By 1959, Wards Company operated four television and home appliance stores in Richmond. The company continued to grow and acquired stores in other locations including Albany, New York ; Mobile, Alabama ; Washington, D.C. ; and Costa Mesa, California .
In 1952, Wurtzel started first television station in the South had opened in Richmond selling appliances to capitalize on the post-war demand less than a year earlier.
Jan 16, 2009 · A look at the history of consumer electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc.: 1949: Samuel S. Wurtzel opens first Wards Company retail store in Richmond, Va. 1961: Makes first public offering...
Oct 17, 2024 · Samuel Wurtzel wasn’t just a businessman—he was a visionary. At a time when most Americans didn’t even own a television, he saw the potential. He opened his first store, called Wards, which exclusively sold TVs.
Nov 29, 2012 · On November 29, 2012, Alan Wurtzel delivered a Banner Lecture and discussed his book, Good to Great to Gone: The 60 Year Rise and Fall of Circuit City. Not many years ago, Circuit City stood out as perhaps the premier name in the highly competitive sector of consumer electronics and a prominent corporate presence in Virginia.
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At first selling only televisions, the store gradually diversified its product line and began selling other small appliances. Wards became a public company in 1961. In 1966, Alan abandoned his private law practice and entered the business with his father.
