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Amid a move to exit the Atlanta market, Circuit City will close all three of its Gwinnett locations by December 31.  Circuit City has locations in Gwinnett on Venture Drive in Duluth near Gwinnett Place, on Buford Drive in Buford near Mall of Georgia and on Scenic Highway in Snellville.  The further worsens the competitive environment for electronics in Gwinnett with HiFi Buys having closed all of its Gwinnett stores in recent years.

Personally, I hate to see Circuit City leave the market.  While I generally prefer Best Buy, I often shopped Circuit City stores.  I remember a trip to the former Circuit City on Jimmy Carter Blvd. in the mid-80s with my late father to buy a brand new television which included our family's first-ever remote control.  (Actually, my father had had remote control for years.  It was called my sister and I!)  Later, I made some of my own initial home entertainment electronics purchases from the same store.