EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Circuit City Stores, Inc.:
We consent to the use of our reports dated April 4, 2000, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of Circuit City Stores, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
February 29, 2000 and February 28, 1999 and the related consolidated statements
of earnings, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the fiscal years in
the three-year period ended February 29, 2000, and the related financial
statement schedule, which reports are included, or incorporated by reference
from the annual report to stockholders, in the February 29, 2000 annual report
on Form 10-K of Circuit City Stores, Inc., which annual report is incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Circuit City Stores,
Inc.
We also consent to the use of our reports dated April 4, 2000, relating to the
balance sheets of the Circuit City Group as of February 29, 2000 and February
28, 1999 and the related statements of earnings, group equity and cash flows for
each of the fiscal years in the three-year period ended February 29, 2000, and
the related financial statement schedule, which reports are included, or
incorporated by reference from the annual report to stockholders, in the
February 29, 2000 annual report on Form 10-K of Circuit City Stores, Inc., which
annual report is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of Circuit City Stores, Inc. Our reports on the Circuit City Group
dated April 4, 2000, include a qualification related to the effects of not
consolidating the CarMax Group with the Circuit City Group as required by
generally accepted accounting principles.
We also consent to the use of our reports dated April 4, 2000, relating to the
balance sheets of the CarMax Group as of February 29, 2000 and February 28, 1999
and the related statements of operations, group equity and cash flows for each
of the fiscal years in the three-year period ended February 29, 2000, and the
related financial statement schedule, which reports are included, or
incorporated by reference from the annual report to stockholders, in the
February 29, 2000 annual report on Form 10-K of Circuit City Stores, Inc., which
annual report is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of Circuit City Stores, Inc.
s/KPMG LLP
Richmond, Virginia
August 2, 2000
