[papasmurf]

Dang. That 0bama is good. When he promised change, I didn’t think he meant it.

[jerry639]

I plan on helping the Obama economy along as much as I can by not buying anything that isn't totally necessary. No frill buying by me this year.

[pnh102]

Hussein’s fault!

[buccaneer81]

Circuit City. Awful service. High prices.

Free market works.

[MarkeyD]

Can’t wait for 2012 when it will be asked, Is this the change you really wanted?

[ikka]

Because of the real estate bubble, almost all retail stores will go back to what they were in 2001 or 2002.

That means that if a retailer had 200 stores in 2002, then added 50 stores from 2003-2008, they will be back to 200 stores (maybe not all in the same place) unless they were able to grow their market or increase market share.

[southernnorthcarolina]

I am, Lord knows, no retail expert. But isn't on-line shopping just killing the bricks-and-mortar stores?

Given construction costs and/or rent, payroll, utilities, etc., it's got to be tough. I'm sure Circuit City and its competitors have people coming in every day, getting the sales people to demonstrate five different stereos or TVs, and then, after that research, ordering their choice from a discount warehouse for a lower price.

Expect more shuttered "big box" stores, even when/if the economy bounces back.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

With holiday same-store sales growth forecasted to reach, at best, very low single digits...

Yep, this is a severe recession. Things are collapsing all over.

[SonsOfLibertyII]

Yeah its called Amerika now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_I4WgBfETc

[VOA]

“
Store Closings Could Double in 2009
“

I hate to see anyone lose a job.
Or for store(s) to close and put people out of work.

But given the difference in shopping experiences at Best Buy and
Circuit City in West Los Angeles (just south of UCLA)...
I’d say at least THAT Circuit City deserved to be closed down.

Just a bunch of jumpy, in-you-face, won’t-take-no-for-an-answer
on “protection packages” bunch of jerks.
(but got to admit, they were probably being managed by an even bigger jerk).

Comparatively, the Best Buy shopping experience was bliss.

[Myrddin]

I expect a much bigger contraction of spending followed by appropriate layoffs of unnecessary employees. When disposable income is taxed away, goods stay on the shelf. Stores close. Unemployment rises.

[Falconspeed]

Circuit City was nice until Fry’s Electronics opened in Ventura, CA. Then CC became a ghost town. I regularly try to be frugal and sparing.

[US_MilitaryRules]

Start buying a more stuff used and online with NO taxes. :)