DALLAS - Electronics retailer RadioShack Corp. on Friday said fourth-quarter earnings dropped 62
percent and disclosed it plans to close 400 to 700 stores and two distribution centers as part of a
plan to improve its financial performance.

full story
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11409391/

Considering the lousy quality of most of their products and the prices you
have to pay for their junk, it's no wonder.

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DALLAS - Electronics retailer RadioShack Corp. on Friday said
fourth-quarter earnings dropped 62
percent and disclosed it plans to close 400 to 700 stores and two
distribution centers as part of a
plan to improve its financial performance.

full story
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11409391/

From: "Sanjaya"
Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:08:10 GMT
Subject: Radio Shack to close 400 to 700 stores

DALLAS - Electronics retailer RadioShack Corp. on Friday said fourth-quarter
earnings dropped 62
percent and disclosed it plans to close 400 to 700 stores and two distribution
centers as part of a
plan to improve its financial performance.

full story
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11409391/

"...we have answers!"

Greg

From: "Sanjaya"
Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net
Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:08:10 GMT
Subject: Radio Shack to close 400 to 700 stores

DALLAS - Electronics retailer RadioShack Corp. on Friday said fourth-quarter
earnings dropped 62
percent and disclosed it plans to close 400 to 700 stores and two distribution
centers as part of a
plan to improve its financial performance.

full story
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11409391/

This might be an opportunity to pick up some merchandise cheap from some of
the store that are closing down.

Greg

This is a real shame. Radio Shack has strayed far from its roots - they
no longer even sell Radio Shack brand radios!

But there's really nowhere else to go when you need a small electronic
part such as an unusual adapter, different gauges of resin-core solder,
audio-video cables, unusual batteries, etc. And if they go "belly-up"
in your location, you're just out of luck. Sure you can buy from some
of the mail-order companies (Allied Electronics - owned by Radio Shack,
I believe - is particularly good) but you must wait for delivery and
shipping charges can be somewhat high. It is often uneconomical to buy
a small item from a mail-order house.

I hope they'll realize this and leave the digital cameras,
computers,.cellular telephones, toys, and so forth, to other retailers
and concentrate on being the best electronics store they once were.

Best,

Joe

On 17 Feb 2006 15:38:25 -0800, "Joe Analssandrini"
wrote:

This is a real shame. Radio Shack has strayed far from its roots - they
no longer even sell Radio Shack brand radios!

But there's really nowhere else to go when you need a small electronic
part such as an unusual adapter, different gauges of resin-core solder,
audio-video cables, unusual batteries, etc. And if they go "belly-up"
in your location, you're just out of luck. Sure you can buy from some
of the mail-order companies (Allied Electronics - owned by Radio Shack,
I believe - is particularly good) but you must wait for delivery and
shipping charges can be somewhat high. It is often uneconomical to buy
a small item from a mail-order house.

I hope they'll realize this and leave the digital cameras,
computers,.cellular telephones, toys, and so forth, to other retailers
and concentrate on being the best electronics store they once were.

Best,

Joe

www.outpost.com

I have an Allied Radio Corporation Spring Summer 1941 catalog
here.(1941,the year I was born) 180 page catalog,including the front and
back cover pages.Lots of nice looking old Radios in my
catalog.Cameras,cell phones? Nothing like that is listed in my Allied
Radio Corporation catalog,but that was sixty four years ago.Spring
Summer 1941,A Day Which Will Live In Infamy haden't gotten started yet
in U.S.A.I was one month and two days old on that day.
cuhulin

Sanjaya wrote:
DALLAS - Electronics retailer RadioShack Corp. on Friday said fourth-quarter earnings dropped 62
percent and disclosed it plans to close 400 to 700 stores and two distribution centers as part of a
plan to improve its financial performance.

full story
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11409391/

At one time you could count on a Radio Shack store having a reasonably
complete collection of electronic parts, various components and an
extensive collection of batteries. And store managers that in some
cases understood something about the goods they sold. But no more.
R.S. stores look more and more like the consumer electronics department
from a Target Store without the good prices.

I don't think they could have made it this far if they remained a store
that catered to electronic tinkerers. There are fewer home tinkerers
to sell little bags of expensive parts to these days. R.S. has to
re-invent itself, but I'm not sure what niche they should fill.

I had a desperate need for a pl259 Teflon connector and found then at RS for
ONLY $5.00 ea ouch. I forget that, next day found them for $1.25 es.


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Sanjaya wrote:
DALLAS - Electronics retailer RadioShack Corp. on Friday said
fourth-quarter earnings dropped 62
percent and disclosed it plans to close 400 to 700 stores and two
distribution centers as part of a
plan to improve its financial performance.

full story
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11409391/

At one time you could count on a Radio Shack store having a reasonably
complete collection of electronic parts, various components and an
extensive collection of batteries. And store managers that in some
cases understood something about the goods they sold. But no more.
R.S. stores look more and more like the consumer electronics department
from a Target Store without the good prices.

I don't think they could have made it this far if they remained a store
that catered to electronic tinkerers. There are fewer home tinkerers
to sell little bags of expensive parts to these days. R.S. has to
re-invent itself, but I'm not sure what niche they should fill.