RadioShack {Radio Shack} Canada and "The Source" -by Circuit City in
Canada

On Dec 7, 6:44 am, (Michael Black) wrote:
Tester ) writes:
On 6 Dec 2006 21:24:02 -0800, "ve3..." wrote:

Radio Shack Canada has announced on its website that it is closing its
nine stores in Canada on Jan 31, 2007 in order to concentrate on its
core business in the USA. Sales begin today but warranties and returns
could be difficult. There are details on its website:
http://radioshack.ca
Some discount stores are selling a good selection of RS products at 50%
off.

At one point, Radio Shack (US) sold its stores in Canada to a division
of Circuit City and then sued to terminate the agreement over the use
of the name..No.

About 1970, Radio Shack came to Canada, with stores directly under
their control. About 20 years ago, they spun off the Canadian operation
into a standalone company. That standalone company had a deal with
Radio Shack in the US to use the name and sell the products. A few
years ago, the standalone company sold itself to Circuit City. Radio
Shack in the US didn't like that, in essence their name was being used
by a competitor. So they went to court to withdraw the Canadian
company's right to use the name. And they won.

Hence all the stores in Canada changed their name to "The Source", but
by then there were very few Radio Shack branded items in the store. Not
only had they been using new brand names, but they'd also started adding
non-house brand equipment to the lineup. When the stores had to get
rid of the Radio Shack branded items, there was little being cleared
out by then.

ONce there was no Radio Shack here in Canada, that allowed a clear
field for Radio Shack in the US. And obviously they found it too
difficult to start from scratch at this late a date.

Michael

RadioShack {Radio Shack} Canada and
"The Source" -by Circuit City in Canada

At one time the "RadioShack" Brand Name in Canada
was Owned and Operated by InterTan of Canada.

InterTan was then bought by Circuit City (USA)

The Brand Name dispute became an issue between
RadioShack (USA) and Circuit City (USA).
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...5a9b4e218ff14a


The result was that the former RadioShack {Canada}
Stores became "The Source" -by Circuity City- .

Oh Canada ! - "The Source" Be With You ~ RHF
- - - Beware the Dark Side of International Business !

Radio Shack Canada - Battle Over A Brand Name ?
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...5a9b4e218ff14a


The History and the Players :

RadioShack Corp. of Fort Worth, TX, USA
http://www.radioshack.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioShack
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioShack_Corp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioSh...ions_in_Canada

InterTAN Canada Ltd. = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterTAN
Has 900 Consumer Electronics Stores in Canada that
formerly used the "RadioShack: Brand Name in Canada.
They are now called "The Source by Circuit City"
SOURCE = http://www.thesourcecc.com/

Circuit City Stores, Inc. of Richmond, VA, USA
http://www.circuitcity.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_City

The Almost 'new' RadioShack Canada
http://www.radioshackisback.com/en/index.asp
OOPS ! = http://www.radioshack.ca/
http://corpinfo.radioshack.com/compa...l_Pages/footer...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioShack_Canada


once again - more then you wanted to know ~ RHF