EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         The undersigned  hereby  constitutes and appoints  Michael T. Chalifoux
his or her  attorney-in-fact,  with full power to act,  to execute on his or her
behalf, individually and in his or her capacity as an officer and/or director of
Circuit City Stores, Inc. (the "Company"), and to file any documents referred to
below  relating  to the  registration  of an  indeterminate  number or amount of
shares of Circuit  City Group  Common  Stock  ("Circuit  City Stock") and CarMax
Group Common Stock  ("CarMax  Stock")  (including,  in each case,  the Rights to
Purchase  Preferred  Stock,  Series E, and Rights to Purchase  Preferred  Stock,
Series F, respectively, attached thereto) that may be issued upon any conversion
of the CarMax Stock or Circuit City Stock, respectively,  that is issuable under
any of the  Company's  employee or director  stock  benefit  plans,  whether now
existing or hereafter  authorized,  including the Company's 1988 Stock Incentive
Plan, 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, 1989 Non-Employee  Directors Stock Option Plan,
1984 Employee  Stock  Purchase Plan and 1997  Employee  Stock  Purchase Plan for
CarMax Group Employees;  such documents being:  registration  statements on Form
S-8 to be filed with the Securities  and Exchange  Commission;  such  statements
with,  and or  application  to, the  regulatory  authorities of any state in the
United  States as may be  necessary  to permit such shares to be offered in such
state;  any and all other  documents  required to be filed with respect  thereto
with any regulatory  authority;  and any and all amendments  (post-effective and
pre-effective) to any of the foregoing, with all exhibits and documents required
to be filed in connection therewith.

         The  undersigned  further  grants unto said  attorneys and each of them
full power and  authority to perform each and every act  necessary to be done in
order to  accomplish  the  foregoing as fully as he himself or she herself might
do.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
as of this 11th day of April, 1997.



                              /s/ Richard L. Sharp





                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         The undersigned  hereby  constitutes and appoints  Richard L. Sharp and
Michael T. Chalifoux, each acting singly, his or her attorney-in-fact, with full
power to act  without the other,  to execute on his or her behalf,  individually
and in his or her capacity as an officer and/or director of Circuit City Stores,
Inc. (the  "Company"),  and to file any documents  referred to below relating to
the registration of an indeterminate  number or amount of shares of Circuit City
Group Common Stock ("Circuit City Stock") and CarMax Group Common Stock ("CarMax
Stock") (including, in each case, the Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock, Series
E, and Rights to Purchase  Preferred  Stock,  Series F,  respectively,  attached
thereto)  that may be issued upon any  conversion of the CarMax Stock or Circuit
City Stock,  respectively,  that is issuable under any of the Company's employee
or director stock benefit plans,  whether now existing or hereafter  authorized,
including the Company's 1988 Stock  Incentive  Plan,  1994 Stock Incentive Plan,
1989 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan, 1984 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
and 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan for CarMax Group Employees; such documents
being:  registration  statements on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission; such statements with, and or application to, the regulatory
authorities of any state in the United States as may be necessary to permit such
shares to be offered in such state;  any and all other documents  required to be
filed  with  respect  thereto  with any  regulatory  authority;  and any and all
amendments  (post-effective and pre-effective) to any of the foregoing, with all
exhibits and documents required to be filed in connection therewith.

         The  undersigned  further  grants unto said  attorneys and each of them
full power and  authority to perform each and every act  necessary to be done in
order to  accomplish  the  foregoing as fully as he himself or she herself might
do.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
as of this 11th day of April, 1997.



                               /s/ Alan L. Wurtzel







                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         The undersigned  hereby  constitutes and appoints  Richard L. Sharp and
Michael T. Chalifoux, each acting singly, his or her attorney-in-fact, with full
power to act  without the other,  to execute on his or her behalf,  individually
and in his or her capacity as an officer and/or director of Circuit City Stores,
Inc. (the  "Company"),  and to file any documents  referred to below relating to
the registration of an indeterminate  number or amount of shares of Circuit City
Group Common Stock ("Circuit City Stock") and CarMax Group Common Stock ("CarMax
Stock") (including, in each case, the Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock, Series
E, and Rights to Purchase  Preferred  Stock,  Series F,  respectively,  attached
thereto)  that may be issued upon any  conversion of the CarMax Stock or Circuit
City Stock,  respectively,  that is issuable under any of the Company's employee
or director stock benefit plans,  whether now existing or hereafter  authorized,
including the Company's 1988 Stock  Incentive  Plan,  1994 Stock Incentive Plan,
1989 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan, 1984 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
and 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan for CarMax Group Employees; such documents
being:  registration  statements on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission; such statements with, and or application to, the regulatory
authorities of any state in the United States as may be necessary to permit such
shares to be offered in such state;  any and all other documents  required to be
filed  with  respect  thereto  with any  regulatory  authority;  and any and all
amendments  (post-effective and pre-effective) to any of the foregoing, with all
exhibits and documents required to be filed in connection therewith.

         The  undersigned  further  grants unto said  attorneys and each of them
full power and  authority to perform each and every act  necessary to be done in
order to  accomplish  the  foregoing as fully as he himself or she herself might
do.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
as of this 11th day of April, 1997.



                              /s/ Richard N. Cooper





                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         The undersigned  hereby  constitutes and appoints  Richard L. Sharp and
Michael T. Chalifoux, each acting singly, his or her attorney-in-fact, with full
power to act  without the other,  to execute on his or her behalf,  individually
and in his or her capacity as an officer and/or director of Circuit City Stores,
Inc. (the  "Company"),  and to file any documents  referred to below relating to
the registration of an indeterminate  number or amount of shares of Circuit City
Group Common Stock ("Circuit City Stock") and CarMax Group Common Stock ("CarMax
Stock") (including, in each case, the Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock, Series
E, and Rights to Purchase  Preferred  Stock,  Series F,  respectively,  attached
thereto)  that may be issued upon any  conversion of the CarMax Stock or Circuit
City Stock,  respectively,  that is issuable under any of the Company's employee
or director stock benefit plans,  whether now existing or hereafter  authorized,
including the Company's 1988 Stock  Incentive  Plan,  1994 Stock Incentive Plan,
1989 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan, 1984 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
and 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan for CarMax Group Employees; such documents
being:  registration  statements on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission; such statements with, and or application to, the regulatory
authorities of any state in the United States as may be necessary to permit such
shares to be offered in such state;  any and all other documents  required to be
filed  with  respect  thereto  with any  regulatory  authority;  and any and all
amendments  (post-effective and pre-effective) to any of the foregoing, with all
exhibits and documents required to be filed in connection therewith.

         The  undersigned  further  grants unto said  attorneys and each of them
full power and  authority to perform each and every act  necessary to be done in
order to  accomplish  the  foregoing as fully as he himself or she herself might
do.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
as of this 11th day of April, 1997.



                              /s/ Barbara S. Feigin





                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         The undersigned  hereby  constitutes and appoints  Richard L. Sharp and
Michael T. Chalifoux, each acting singly, his or her attorney-in-fact, with full
power to act  without the other,  to execute on his or her behalf,  individually
and in his or her capacity as an officer and/or director of Circuit City Stores,
Inc. (the  "Company"),  and to file any documents  referred to below relating to
the registration of an indeterminate  number or amount of shares of Circuit City
Group Common Stock ("Circuit City Stock") and CarMax Group Common Stock ("CarMax
Stock") (including, in each case, the Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock, Series
E, and Rights to Purchase  Preferred  Stock,  Series F,  respectively,  attached
thereto)  that may be issued upon any  conversion of the CarMax Stock or Circuit
City Stock,  respectively,  that is issuable under any of the Company's employee
or director stock benefit plans,  whether now existing or hereafter  authorized,
including the Company's 1988 Stock  Incentive  Plan,  1994 Stock Incentive Plan,
1989 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan, 1984 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
and 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan for CarMax Group Employees; such documents
being:  registration  statements on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission; such statements with, and or application to, the regulatory
authorities of any state in the United States as may be necessary to permit such
shares to be offered in such state;  any and all other documents  required to be
filed  with  respect  thereto  with any  regulatory  authority;  and any and all
amendments  (post-effective and pre-effective) to any of the foregoing, with all
exhibits and documents required to be filed in connection therewith.

         The  undersigned  further  grants unto said  attorneys and each of them
full power and  authority to perform each and every act  necessary to be done in
order to  accomplish  the  foregoing as fully as he himself or she herself might
do.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
as of this 11th day of April, 1997.



                           /s/ Theodore D. Nierenberg





                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         The undersigned  hereby  constitutes and appoints  Richard L. Sharp and
Michael T. Chalifoux, each acting singly, his or her attorney-in-fact, with full
power to act  without the other,  to execute on his or her behalf,  individually
and in his or her capacity as an officer and/or director of Circuit City Stores,
Inc. (the  "Company"),  and to file any documents  referred to below relating to
the registration of an indeterminate  number or amount of shares of Circuit City
Group Common Stock ("Circuit City Stock") and CarMax Group Common Stock ("CarMax
Stock") (including, in each case, the Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock, Series
E, and Rights to Purchase  Preferred  Stock,  Series F,  respectively,  attached
thereto)  that may be issued upon any  conversion of the CarMax Stock or Circuit
City Stock,  respectively,  that is issuable under any of the Company's employee
or director stock benefit plans,  whether now existing or hereafter  authorized,
including the Company's 1988 Stock  Incentive  Plan,  1994 Stock Incentive Plan,
1989 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan, 1984 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
and 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan for CarMax Group Employees; such documents
being:  registration  statements on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission; such statements with, and or application to, the regulatory
authorities of any state in the United States as may be necessary to permit such
shares to be offered in such state;  any and all other documents  required to be
filed  with  respect  thereto  with any  regulatory  authority;  and any and all
amendments  (post-effective and pre-effective) to any of the foregoing, with all
exhibits and documents required to be filed in connection therewith.

         The  undersigned  further  grants unto said  attorneys and each of them
full power and  authority to perform each and every act  necessary to be done in
order to  accomplish  the  foregoing as fully as he himself or she herself might
do.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
as of this 11th day of April, 1997.



                              /s/ Hugh G. Robinson





                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         The undersigned  hereby  constitutes and appoints  Richard L. Sharp and
Michael T. Chalifoux, each acting singly, his or her attorney-in-fact, with full
power to act  without the other,  to execute on his or her behalf,  individually
and in his or her capacity as an officer and/or director of Circuit City Stores,
Inc. (the  "Company"),  and to file any documents  referred to below relating to
the registration of an indeterminate  number or amount of shares of Circuit City
Group Common Stock ("Circuit City Stock") and CarMax Group Common Stock ("CarMax
Stock") (including, in each case, the Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock, Series
E, and Rights to Purchase  Preferred  Stock,  Series F,  respectively,  attached
thereto)  that may be issued upon any  conversion of the CarMax Stock or Circuit
City Stock,  respectively,  that is issuable under any of the Company's employee
or director stock benefit plans,  whether now existing or hereafter  authorized,
including the Company's 1988 Stock  Incentive  Plan,  1994 Stock Incentive Plan,
1989 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan, 1984 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
and 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan for CarMax Group Employees; such documents
being:  registration  statements on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission; such statements with, and or application to, the regulatory
authorities of any state in the United States as may be necessary to permit such
shares to be offered in such state;  any and all other documents  required to be
filed  with  respect  thereto  with any  regulatory  authority;  and any and all
amendments  (post-effective and pre-effective) to any of the foregoing, with all
exhibits and documents required to be filed in connection therewith.

         The  undersigned  further  grants unto said  attorneys and each of them
full power and  authority to perform each and every act  necessary to be done in
order to  accomplish  the  foregoing as fully as he himself or she herself might
do.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
as of this 11th day of April, 1997.



                              /s/ Walter J. Salmon





                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         The undersigned  hereby  constitutes and appoints  Richard L. Sharp and
Michael T. Chalifoux, each acting singly, his or her attorney-in-fact, with full
power to act  without the other,  to execute on his or her behalf,  individually
and in his or her capacity as an officer and/or director of Circuit City Stores,
Inc. (the  "Company"),  and to file any documents  referred to below relating to
the registration of an indeterminate  number or amount of shares of Circuit City
Group Common Stock ("Circuit City Stock") and CarMax Group Common Stock ("CarMax
Stock") (including, in each case, the Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock, Series
E, and Rights to Purchase  Preferred  Stock,  Series F,  respectively,  attached
thereto)  that may be issued upon any  conversion of the CarMax Stock or Circuit
City Stock,  respectively,  that is issuable under any of the Company's employee
or director stock benefit plans,  whether now existing or hereafter  authorized,
including the Company's 1988 Stock  Incentive  Plan,  1994 Stock Incentive Plan,
1989 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan, 1984 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
and 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan for CarMax Group Employees; such documents
being:  registration  statements on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission; such statements with, and or application to, the regulatory
authorities of any state in the United States as may be necessary to permit such
shares to be offered in such state;  any and all other documents  required to be
filed  with  respect  thereto  with any  regulatory  authority;  and any and all
amendments  (post-effective and pre-effective) to any of the foregoing, with all
exhibits and documents required to be filed in connection therewith.

         The  undersigned  further  grants unto said  attorneys and each of them
full power and  authority to perform each and every act  necessary to be done in
order to  accomplish  the  foregoing as fully as he himself or she herself might
do.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
as of this 11th day of April, 1997.



                              /s/ Mikael Salovaara





                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         The undersigned  hereby  constitutes and appoints  Richard L. Sharp and
Michael T. Chalifoux, each acting singly, his or her attorney-in-fact, with full
power to act  without the other,  to execute on his or her behalf,  individually
and in his or her capacity as an officer and/or director of Circuit City Stores,
Inc. (the  "Company"),  and to file any documents  referred to below relating to
the registration of an indeterminate  number or amount of shares of Circuit City
Group Common Stock ("Circuit City Stock") and CarMax Group Common Stock ("CarMax
Stock") (including, in each case, the Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock, Series
E, and Rights to Purchase  Preferred  Stock,  Series F,  respectively,  attached
thereto)  that may be issued upon any  conversion of the CarMax Stock or Circuit
City Stock,  respectively,  that is issuable under any of the Company's employee
or director stock benefit plans,  whether now existing or hereafter  authorized,
including the Company's 1988 Stock  Incentive  Plan,  1994 Stock Incentive Plan,
1989 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan, 1984 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
and 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan for CarMax Group Employees; such documents
being:  registration  statements on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission; such statements with, and or application to, the regulatory
authorities of any state in the United States as may be necessary to permit such
shares to be offered in such state;  any and all other documents  required to be
filed  with  respect  thereto  with any  regulatory  authority;  and any and all
amendments  (post-effective and pre-effective) to any of the foregoing, with all
exhibits and documents required to be filed in connection therewith.

         The  undersigned  further  grants unto said  attorneys and each of them
full power and  authority to perform each and every act  necessary to be done in
order to  accomplish  the  foregoing as fully as he himself or she herself might
do.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
as of this 11th day of April, 1997.



                                /s/ John W. Snow





                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         The undersigned  hereby  constitutes and appoints  Richard L. Sharp and
Michael T. Chalifoux, each acting singly, his or her attorney-in-fact, with full
power to act  without the other,  to execute on his or her behalf,  individually
and in his or her capacity as an officer and/or director of Circuit City Stores,
Inc. (the  "Company"),  and to file any documents  referred to below relating to
the registration of an indeterminate  number or amount of shares of Circuit City
Group Common Stock ("Circuit City Stock") and CarMax Group Common Stock ("CarMax
Stock") (including, in each case, the Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock, Series
E, and Rights to Purchase  Preferred  Stock,  Series F,  respectively,  attached
thereto)  that may be issued upon any  conversion of the CarMax Stock or Circuit
City Stock,  respectively,  that is issuable under any of the Company's employee
or director stock benefit plans,  whether now existing or hereafter  authorized,
including the Company's 1988 Stock  Incentive  Plan,  1994 Stock Incentive Plan,
1989 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan, 1984 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
and 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan for CarMax Group Employees; such documents
being:  registration  statements on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission; such statements with, and or application to, the regulatory
authorities of any state in the United States as may be necessary to permit such
shares to be offered in such state;  any and all other documents  required to be
filed  with  respect  thereto  with any  regulatory  authority;  and any and all
amendments  (post-effective and pre-effective) to any of the foregoing, with all
exhibits and documents required to be filed in connection therewith.

         The  undersigned  further  grants unto said  attorneys and each of them
full power and  authority to perform each and every act  necessary to be done in
order to  accomplish  the  foregoing as fully as he himself or she herself might
do.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
as of this 11th day of April, 1997.



                              /s/ Edward Villanueva