RICHMOND, VA: Consumer electronics retailer Circuit City has narrowed down its PR agency search to four agencies.

The finalists are Carter Ryley Thomas, Fleishman-Hillard, Ogilvy PR Worldwide and Stanton Crenshaw, said Bill Cimino, director of corporate communications. The incumbent agency, Weber Shandwick, did not participate in the review.

As Circuit City's fiscal year begins in March, Cimino said he hopes to make a decision sometime that month. He declined to say how many agencies were initially considered, only that he was very ...