We all know the impact that the current economic slowdown has had on Circuit City, but the question over what ultimate impact Circuit City's collapse will have on the economy will take a little longer to figure out. One thing is for sure, the company's collapse could not have come at a worse time for the overall economy.The first ripple that the market is going to feel is the vacancies that the company is going to leave in its wake after closing its doors. The company was operating 567 stores at the time it announced it was going under, and these stores represented a total square footage of 18.71 million square feet.
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