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Seriously though, look at those pics and you can see the reason for the layoffs. Retail shelf space is one of the hottest commodities a marketing person can get for their product. Circuit city is utilitzing about 25% of their space on those shelves. It's a small wonder they're not selling anything. I can remember looking for a wireless xbox controller, communicator, and HD pack there a while back and couldn't score any of the three. Walmart and best buy had all three.

They sell tv's cheap to draw people in, but if there's nothing else to buy there, why sell the tv's cheap? It's the only thing you're selling at that point.]]>Apr 30th 2007 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/Apr 30th 2007 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/Apr 30th 2007 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/Apr 30th 2007 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/Apr 30th 2007 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/Apr 30th 2007 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/Apr 30th 2007 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/
Best buy likes to only carry big name movies and random selection of movies, they wil have old movies people never heard of and not carry old classics everyone asks for and don't even have a fdoreign section which everyone asks for. I am always upset with their selection. I agree with Frye's electronics has a MUCH better selection but the one by us is a HORRIBLE store really bad customer service and crappy stuff that is either DOA or died in a month. Customers who go to my best buy refuse to go to Fryes when i suggest it because they might have it. It's kinda funny how many times i hear people say NO i am not going to that place. ]]>May 1st 2007 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/May 2nd 2007 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/May 1st 2007 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/May 2nd 2007 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/
I didn't know the press needed permission to take pictures in a public place for the purposes of a story.]]>May 2nd 2007 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/May 3rd 2007 1:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/30/the-retail-presence-of-the-format-war/"I didn't know the press needed permission to take pictures in a public place for the purposes of a story"

A retail store is not a public place. It is a private business that is open to the public. It is kinda like if you are selling your house and a person comes in and starts taking pictures of your underwear!

Personally I'm glad to see stories like this. Hopefully it brings positive attention to the stores that care about the products they sell. Some of the stores need to be reprimanded for their lack of caring. HD DVD and BLU-Ray should take a look at the big box retailers merchandising and they'll see why they've sold a measly 2 million discs between the two formats!]]>May 3rd 2007 10:24PM