Comments on: Is Circuit City’s Bankruptcy the Beginning of the End? http://technologizer.com/2008/11/10/is-circuit-citys-bankruptcy-the-beginning-of-the-end/ Reviews, News, and Opinion About Personal Technology by Harry McCracken & Friends Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:11:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Not-So-Black-Friday Preview: Circuit City | Technologizer http://technologizer.com/2008/11/10/is-circuit-citys-bankruptcy-the-beginning-of-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-5047 Not-So-Black-Friday Preview: Circuit City | Technologizer Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:23:55 +0000 http://technologizer.wordpress.com/?p=3821#comment-5047 [...] Harry has covered so well over the past few weeks, the major electronics retailer has filed for bankruptcy, and that it was closing 115 of its [...] [...] Harry has covered so well over the past few weeks, the major electronics retailer has filed for bankruptcy, and that it was closing 115 of its [...]

]]> By: pond http://technologizer.com/2008/11/10/is-circuit-citys-bankruptcy-the-beginning-of-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-4726 pond Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:42:58 +0000 http://technologizer.wordpress.com/?p=3821#comment-4726 "the City was having trouble stalking its shelves with new products." Dictated to Dragon NaturallySpeaking? we have a word for clumsy typing mistakes (typo) and one for OCR mistakes (scanno) ... is there a word for speech-recognition mistakes? (a couple other funnies, like vendors getting 'anty' about City's ability to pay.) don't change them, they really do brighten an otherwise gloomy, depressing story. “the City was having trouble stalking its shelves with new products.”

Dictated to Dragon NaturallySpeaking?

we have a word for clumsy typing mistakes (typo) and one for OCR mistakes (scanno) … is there a word for speech-recognition mistakes?

(a couple other funnies, like vendors getting ‘anty’ about City’s ability to pay.)

don’t change them, they really do brighten an otherwise gloomy, depressing story.

]]> By: Matthew http://technologizer.com/2008/11/10/is-circuit-citys-bankruptcy-the-beginning-of-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-4701 Matthew Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:52:39 +0000 http://technologizer.wordpress.com/?p=3821#comment-4701 There are layoffs but I still see thousands of high paying jobs. www.linkedin.com (professional networking) www.indeed.com (aggregated listings) www.realmatch.com (matches jobs based on your skills) Good look to the circuit city folks! There are layoffs but I still see thousands of high paying jobs.

http://www.linkedin.com (professional networking)
http://www.indeed.com (aggregated listings)
http://www.realmatch.com (matches jobs based on your skills)

Good look to the circuit city folks!

]]> By: cmason http://technologizer.com/2008/11/10/is-circuit-citys-bankruptcy-the-beginning-of-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-4694 cmason Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:39:44 +0000 http://technologizer.wordpress.com/?p=3821#comment-4694 "the City was having trouble stalking its shelves with new products" Stalking sort of works there, in a Elmer-Fudd-hunting-the-Wabbit kinda way, since I imagine Circuit City will need to hunt far and wide to find vendors willing to risk providing stock to them on standard terms. (perhaps you meant stocking?) “the City was having trouble stalking its shelves with new products”

Stalking sort of works there, in a Elmer-Fudd-hunting-the-Wabbit kinda way, since I imagine Circuit City will need to hunt far and wide to find vendors willing to risk providing stock to them on standard terms.

(perhaps you meant stocking?)

]]> By: adam hartung http://technologizer.com/2008/11/10/is-circuit-citys-bankruptcy-the-beginning-of-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-4692 adam hartung Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:27:15 +0000 http://technologizer.wordpress.com/?p=3821#comment-4692 Remember when Circuit City was a favorite in “Good to Great” by Jim Collins? Remember when we thought being big gave you clout with customers and vendors to produce long-term returns (Michael Porter’s 5 Forces Model)? It’s time we recognize that the old approach to management doesn’t work in a rapidly shifting competitive world. There are winners in today’s market, but they follow a different approach. Read more at http://www.ThePhoenixPrinciple.com Remember when Circuit City was a favorite in “Good to Great” by Jim Collins? Remember when we thought being big gave you clout with customers and vendors to produce long-term returns (Michael Porter’s 5 Forces Model)? It’s time we recognize that the old approach to management doesn’t work in a rapidly shifting competitive world. There are winners in today’s market, but they follow a different approach. Read more at http://www.ThePhoenixPrinciple.com

]]> By: Relyt http://technologizer.com/2008/11/10/is-circuit-citys-bankruptcy-the-beginning-of-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-4691 Relyt Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:51:17 +0000 http://technologizer.wordpress.com/?p=3821#comment-4691 CC filling for bankruptcy. Now there's a surprise. CC filling for bankruptcy.
Now there’s a surprise.

]]> By: Charles Forsythe http://technologizer.com/2008/11/10/is-circuit-citys-bankruptcy-the-beginning-of-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-4689 Charles Forsythe Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:14:36 +0000 http://technologizer.wordpress.com/?p=3821#comment-4689 Earlier this year, the Circuit City next to my office announced that it would be moving in the fall, after being where it was for nearly 20 years. The new location would be about 5 miles south in a new mixed use development that featured shopping and high-rise residences (all the rage in new Midwest urban development). This seemed like a strange thing to do, since the older buildings neighboring the current Circuit City have been torn down to make way for an even larger development to be finished late next year. (YouTube video of the last building going down as of yesterday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH1Gzcc2_iU ) If Circuit City were to wait a year, they would be surrounded by "luxury townhomes" and highrise dwellings filled with yuppies needing flat-screen TVs. Now, they just have a sign that says, "Store Closing." I suspect the move plan was tentative and was made to make it easy to just shut down the store rather than move it. Sad. Earlier this year, the Circuit City next to my office announced that it would be moving in the fall, after being where it was for nearly 20 years. The new location would be about 5 miles south in a new mixed use development that featured shopping and high-rise residences (all the rage in new Midwest urban development).

This seemed like a strange thing to do, since the older buildings neighboring the current Circuit City have been torn down to make way for an even larger development to be finished late next year.

(YouTube video of the last building going down as of yesterday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH1Gzcc2_iU )

If Circuit City were to wait a year, they would be surrounded by “luxury townhomes” and highrise dwellings filled with yuppies needing flat-screen TVs. Now, they just have a sign that says, “Store Closing.”

I suspect the move plan was tentative and was made to make it easy to just shut down the store rather than move it. Sad.

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