Circuit City 50th anniversary sale commercial from 1999.

Circuit City was an American multinational consumer electronics company that existed in a big-box store format from 1984 until 2009, then in an online only format from 2009 until 2012 following a bankruptcy. It was founded in 1949 by Samuel Wurtzel as the Wards Company and pioneered the electronics superstore format in the 1970s. After multiple purchases and a successful run on the NYSE, it changed its name to Circuit City Stores Inc.

At the time of liquidation in 2009, Circuit City was the second largest U.S. electronics retailer, after Best Buy. There were 567 Circuit City Superstores nationwide, ranging in size from 15,000 to 45,000 square feet (1,400 to 4,200 m2). The brand was then bought by Systemax, Inc., which used the brand to sell electronics and media as an online retailer until late December 2012, when the website was merged with another Systemax brand TigerDirect.

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