Circuit City Gets Carded
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The electronics retailer enters the co-branded credit card arena.
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Smart cards are on the rise in Japan, using computer chips with an antenna embedded in them to allow people to pay for purchases or unlock doors with a simple flick of their cards.
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AS the clerk at Circuit City rang up my purchase of a new notebook computer last month, she started her up-selling.
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Circuit City (NYSE: CC), like its rival Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), preannounces its sales numbers every quarter. Today, where Circuit City&#39;s second quarter was concerned
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If you build it, or in the case of Circuit City's Web site, re-build it, they won't necessarily come. So, to ensure visits to the new CircuitCity.com, the electronics retailer yesterday started rolling out a multimedia push that promotes a "Plasma Screen TV Makeover" online contest that carries a grand prize of five flat-screen TVs and home-theater equipment worth &#36;20,000.
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Circuit City Stores Inc., the nation&#39;s No. 2 consumer electronics chain, reported a smaller-than-anticipated loss in the second quarter due to higher sales and fewer charges related to the sale of its bank-card business.
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Stocks to watch on Tuesday: CIRCUIT CITY STORES INC :
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RICHMOND, Feb. 6 -- Circuit City chief executive Philip Schoonover is hoping he can make more out of less in the latest attempt to turn around the big-box chain.
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If you don't mind waiting out a $50 rebate, you can get a Lexmark Wi-Fi inkjet printer for $29.99 shipped from Circuit City.
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Two weeks ago, we got to see a glimpse of Circuit City&#39;s (NYSE: CC) second-quarter numbers when the electronics retailer pre-announced that sales had ticked up nearly 9% to $2.
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Electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. reported a $54.6 million first-quarter loss Wednesday and withdrew its financial guidance for fiscal 2008 as the company slashed jobs and restructured to fend of competition.
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A funny thing happened on the way  to the consumer electronics store.
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Parcxmart Technologies has developed a smart card that can be used for parking that would send coin-operated parking meters the way of pay phones.
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Circuit City Stores Inc.  reported an unexpected quarterly loss on Tuesday as the retailer cut prices on hot electronics like flat-panel televisions and computers to lure customers into its stores during the holiday shopping season.
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Many 'contactless' credit cards can allow their owner's name and card number to be read at a distance.
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Street hawkers are history. Savvy resellers use the web to turn tickets into cash. By Steve Knopper from Wired magazine.
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By KEN MAGUIRE BOSTON - Ten blinking electronic devices planted at bridges and other spots in Boston threw a scare into the city Wednesday in what turned out to be a publicity campaign for a late-night cable cartoon. At least one of the devices depicts a character giving the finger.