Circuit City Joins SSPA Consumer Electronics Group

Leading Retailer of Brand-Name Consumer Electronics Joins Industry-Leading Service & Support Community to Better Service Customers

SAN DIEGO, June 20, 2006 –The Service & Support Professionals Association (SSPA), the largest and most influential association for technology services and support professionals, today announced that Circuit City Stores, Inc. (NYSE: CC), has joined the SSPA as a core member of its Consumer Electronics (CE) group.

“Much like the technology industry itself, the consumer electronics segment is moving away from a pure product focus towards a services orientation,” said Bill Rose, SSPA founder and executive director.

“CE retailers face increasing challenges from complex technologies, interdependency between products, and the varying levels of technology sophistication in their customers. This, coupled with the explosion of new products and services available to consumers, poses new challenges and opportunities for the retailers,” Rose added.

Along with Sony, Motorola, Nokia, HP Consumer and other top-tier CE organizations, a core team of industry leaders have joined forces under the SSPA umbrella and is working together to identify specific business issues and to establish best practices and leading edge approaches to the CE space.

" Circuit City puts the customer at the heart of everything we do. Our goal is to provide our customers with services that solve their unmet needs and provide true solutions. Joining SSPA reflects our dedication to developing and implementing best practices for improving the quality of our customer experience," said Marc Sieger, senior vice president and general merchandise manager of services at Circuit City.

About Circuit City Stores, Inc.
Circuit City Stores, Inc. is a leading specialty retailer of consumer electronics. The domestic segment operates through 630 Superstores and five other locations in 158 U.S. markets. The international segment operates through more than 950 retail stores and dealer outlets in Canada. Circuit City also operates Web sites at http://www.circuitcity.com and at http://www.thesource.ca.

About the SSPA
As the industry’s foremost professional association, the Service & Support Professionals Association (SSPA) is a key resource for the information and best practices needed to make better business decisions. It brings together the best minds from across the industry spectrum – from established companies with successful track records to the pioneering newcomers with out-of-the-box ideas. The SSPA also partners with thought leaders like J.D. Power and Associates and the Wharton School of Business to create programs that benefit the industry. For more information, visit www.thesspa.com.

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