Radio Shack Canada Closing Down
 

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.

Radio Shack Canada Closing Down
 

The RS website should read:
http://www.radioshack.ca

Radio Shack Canada Closing Down
 

"ve3..." wrote in message
ups.com...
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.

What core business... selling phones to the drug dealers?? I give it maybe a
couple more years here.

Rich

Radio Shack Canada Closing Down
 

"ve3..." wrote in
ups.com:

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.


Damn. Where are the terrorists going to buy their parts for bombs now.

SC

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

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

ABOUT : RadioShack {Radio Shack} Canada and "TheSource" -by Ci...
 

Well,you be proud of what little bit you have.
cuhulin

Radio Shack Canada Closing Down
 

On 2006-12-07 00:24:02 -0500, "ve3..." said:

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.


U.S. stores to follow. They've went steadyly downhill for years. It
won't be long until they fold. Too bad but it's their own fault....

Radio Shack Canada Closing Down
 

Well, theirs plus the fact of the decline of hard core radio
amateurs/enthusiasts.

"Phoon Hencman" wrote in message
news:2006120819404827544%Henc@icannet...
On 2006-12-07 00:24:02 -0500, "ve3..." said:

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.


U.S. stores to follow. They've went steadyly downhill for years. It
won't be long until they fold. Too bad but it's their own fault....

Radio Shack Canada Closing Down
 

On Dec 8, 4:54 pm, "Lisa Simpson" wrote:
Well, theirs plus the fact of the decline of hard core radio
amateurs/enthusiasts.

"Phoon Hencman" wrote in messagenews:2006120819404827544%Henc@icannet...



On 2006-12-07 00:24:02 -0500, "ve3..." said:

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.

U.S. stores to follow. They've went steadyly downhill for years. It
won't be long until they fold. Too bad but it's their own fault....- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

LS - Sort of like "Buggy Whip" retailers . . . ~ RHF

Radio Shack Canada Closing Down
 

RHF wrote:

U.S. stores to follow. They've went steadyly downhill for years. It
won't be long until they fold. Too bad but it's their own fault....- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

LS - Sort of like "Buggy Whip" retailers . . . ~ RHF
.

The buggy whip people are doing just fine, thank you. They are now
marketing to the sado-masochist/homosexual/necrophiliac Republican
crowd. Business has never been better.



mike

Radio Shack Canada Closing Down
 

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.

Radio Shack Canada is a few stores owned by
the U.S. parent.
Radio Shack stores were owned by Tandy International (InterTan)
in Canada (Barrie, Ont.) and for (copyright) intellectual
property reasons, changed their name to The Source by Circuit
City, the new owners of InterTan in Canada. [Woolworths bought
InterTan in Australia and they were turned into the iconic
Dick Smith stores.]
Those 950 Source stores are all still active and don't look much
different.
Quick summary at:
Linkname: RadioShack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioSh...ions_in_Canada
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Source_by_Circuit_City
--
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For real Dxing,
see]http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~vz6g-iwt/index.html

Radio Shack Canada Closing Down
 

What are the locations of those 9 stores? None in Kingston Ontario!
Dan Say wrote:
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.

Radio Shack Canada is a few stores owned by
the U.S. parent.
Radio Shack stores were owned by Tandy International (InterTan)
in Canada (Barrie, Ont.) and for (copyright) intellectual
property reasons, changed their name to The Source by Circuit
City, the new owners of InterTan in Canada. [Woolworths bought
InterTan in Australia and they were turned into the iconic
Dick Smith stores.]
Those 950 Source stores are all still active and don't look much
different.
Quick summary at:
Linkname: RadioShack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioSh...ions_in_Canada
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Source_by_Circuit_City
--
-\_,-~-\___...__._._._._._._._._._._._.
For real Dxing,
see]http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~vz6g-iwt/index.html

Radio Shack Canada Closing Down
 

"Ben" ) writes:
What are the locations of those 9 stores? None in Kingston Ontario!

I thought they gave a list at the website (though the website seems
to have now disappared, with only the announcement up), and my recollection
was that the stores were clustered around the Toronto area.

That would make sense, build up something in relatively small area
with a big population, and then spread from there. Certainly that's
the way it was in the early seventies when Radio Shack came to Canada
initially. There were stores in Ontario, and you could get a catalog
by mail (though it's been so long I don't recall if you could order
by mail at the time), but it took a few years before the stores
started sprouting here in Montreal. At the time it seemed like a fairly
long time, but I would have gotten the catalog in the summer of 1971 or
'72 by the latest, and there was a store nearby in '73 or '74.

Michael

Dan Say wrote:
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.

Radio Shack Canada is a few stores owned by
the U.S. parent.
Radio Shack stores were owned by Tandy International (InterTan)
in Canada (Barrie, Ont.) and for (copyright) intellectual
property reasons, changed their name to The Source by Circuit
City, the new owners of InterTan in Canada. [Woolworths bought
InterTan in Australia and they were turned into the iconic
Dick Smith stores.]
Those 950 Source stores are all still active and don't look much
different.
Quick summary at:
Linkname: RadioShack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RadioSh...ions_in_Canada
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Source_by_Circuit_City
--
-\_,-~-\___...__._._._._._._._._._._._.
For real Dxing,
see]http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~vz6g-iwt/index.html

Radio Shack Canada Closing Down
 

According to my phone book,there are nine Radio Shack stores in and
around this city of confusion I live in.One of them is just across
Highway 80 from me at Metrocenter Mall,about 275 foot steps from doggys
couch.The next nearest one to me is a mile and a half South of doggys
couch.
cuhulin

Radio Shack Canada Closing Down
 

Ben wrote:
What are the locations of those 9 stores? None in Kingston Ontario!
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I recall Edmonton, Mississauga, and Calgary listed on their old
website. I noticed one generic clearnce warehouse in Sault Ste Marie
had quite a large selection of Radio Shack stuff at 50% off list so
they may be doing this in other cities.

Radio Shack Canada Closing Down
 

Radio Shack Canada Closing Down
 

I never take my doggy outside without having the dog leash hooked up.
www.flexiusa.com It has a 26 foot long line on it,made for dogs up to
110 pounds.I looped her first dog collar through the handle of the leash
and I slip my wrist through the dog collar so if it slips out of my
hand,the dog can't go too far.
cuhulin

Radio Shack Canada Closing Down
 

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.

Not surprising given the changes that have occured over 25 years in
retailing of electronic appliances and the lack of consumer interest in
home electronic repair and experimentation. Radio Shack stores are
more like a small higher priced version of the electronics and toy
department at Target Department stores.