Goodbye Circuit City
I visited the Circuit City at the corner of Broadway and Maryland only once or twice; there were so many other more convenient places I could find electronics: the Glendale Sears, Office Depot, the Empire Center’s Best Buy, not to mention the Internet…
Tropico Station’s recent post features a nice shot of the Glendale corner location. I was surprised at the large number of employees this chain has (according to cnet, 30,000+) across the United States, making it about the largest single job loss story of the past few months.
Circuit City is another casualty of falling market share in a shrinking economy. I wish good luck to its employees who will soon be looking for work in this economy. Here’s a tip: if you could explain how to make all those electronic gadgets work together well, and if you helped customers keep their current electronics working alongside new systems with a few tweaks here and there, your skills could be valuable in this era of “making do with what we have.”
Maybe, just maybe, a few of those talented employees will find a silver lining of opportunity in this closure. Like you said, their skills are valuable. Perhaps some of them will start their own business and become a huge success on their own. Entrepreneurship is the foundation this economy needs to get back on it’s feet.
Kendyl,
Thanks for your post and for joining in encouraging former Circuit City employees and others who have lost their jobs. Entrepreneurship creates jobs, and our local, state, and national government policies should reflect that fact.
I wonder how much of the electronics retail biz has shifted to sales through the internet over the past few years. In my household, we just purchased a new TV…online. Perhaps some of those 30,000+ folks can find some kind of refuge on the internet?
Prince
Prince,
That’s another good suggestion. I figure there must be a large number of internet purchasers – electronics retail consumers – who can’t manage to make things work using the online help, .pdf manuals, or FAQ sections of manufacturers’ websites.