Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, June 15, 1993                   TAG: 9306150089
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: METRO 
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REPORTED EARNINGS

Circuit City Stores Inc., Richmond-based electronics retailer operating in Roanoke, on Monday reported first-quarter net earnings of $17.2 million, or 18 cents a share, up 51 percent from $11.4 million, or 12 cents a share, in the 1992 quarter.

Total sales rose 24 percent, to $799 million from $644.8 million last year. Comparable-store sales, those measuring stores operating for at least a year, were up 9 percent.