Buying Tech & Gadgets in a Recession

By Gord Goble
April 21st, 2009

In November of 2008, Circuit City, just a few years earlier one of the top dogs in the entire retail landscape, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and closed 155 of its 722 stores in a desperate, last-ditch bid to remain afloat. Facing heightened competition, pressure from vendors, a severely troubled economy, and, some say, problematic management that refused to adapt to the times, the company did what it could in the following few months to stave off eradication. But despite its best efforts, Circuit City permanently closed its remaining 567 retail outlets on March 8, 2009, sending a total of 34,000 former employees into the jobless ranks.

Circuit City posted losses in seven of its final eight quarters, a familiar scenario in the consumer electronics sector during one of the most brutal economic downturns in history. Tower ...

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