Exhibit 32.1

                  CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In  connection  with the Form 10-Q of  Circuit  City  Stores,  Inc.,  a Virginia
corporation,  (the "Company"), for the quarter ended May 31, 2008, as filed with
the Securities  and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  I,
Philip J. Schoonover,  Chairman,  President,  and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company,  certify  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  Section 1350,  as adopted  pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of my knowledge that:

         (1).     The Report fully  complies  with the  requirements  of Section
                  13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

         (2).     The information  contained in the Report fairly  presents,  in
                  all material respects,  the financial condition and results of
                  operations of the Company.


Date:    June 30, 2008              By:         /s/ Philip J. Schoonover
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                                               Philip J. Schoonover
                                               Chairman, President, and
                                               Chief Executive Officer





                                                                    Exhibit 32.2

                  CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In  connection  with the Form 10-Q of  Circuit  City  Stores,  Inc.,  a Virginia
corporation,  (the "Company"), for the quarter ended May 31, 2008, as filed with
the Securities  and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  I,
Bruce H. Besanko,  Executive Vice President and Chief  Financial  Officer of the
Company,  certify  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  Section 1350,  as adopted  pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of my knowledge that:

         (1).     The Report fully  complies  with the  requirements  of Section
                  13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

         (2).     The information  contained in the Report fairly  presents,  in
                  all material respects,  the financial condition and results of
                  operations of the Company.


Date:    June 30, 2008              By:           /s/ Bruce H. Besanko
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                                                 Bruce H. Besanko
                                                 Executive Vice President and
                                                 Chief Financial Officer