02-05-2015, 07:53 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Behind Nikkor Glass
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RadioShack files for bankruptcy
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RadioShack Corp., the 94-year-old consumer-electronics chain, filed for bankruptcy with a plan to turn about half of its 4,000 stores into Sprint Corp. locations and close the rest.
The company said Thursday that it has an agreement to sell 1,500 to 2,400 of its locations to a unit of Standard General LP, its biggest shareholder. Standard General has a deal with wireless carrier Sprint to set up stores-within-stores at as many as 1,750 locations. The rest will be shuttered under a deal with a liquidator, Hilco Merchant Resources.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...mount-i5spaw86
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02-05-2015, 07:59 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Calgary
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suprising nobody.
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02-05-2015, 08:00 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Calgary
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Frankly, I am shocked they lasted this long.
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02-05-2015, 08:03 PM
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I believe in the Jays.
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Radioshack still exists? I don't think I'd seen one in twenty years.
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02-05-2015, 08:03 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Where will I buy a 3' HDMI cable for $79?
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02-05-2015, 08:05 PM
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Weird, I thought the Source bought them a while back.
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02-05-2015, 08:13 PM
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Franchise Player
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I have fond memories as a kid of going to 3 different Radio Shacks (within reasonable (less than an hour) walking distance) and getting free batteries every month with a battery club card.
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02-05-2015, 08:16 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Cap Hell
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http://www.theonion.com/articles/eve...ill-in-b,2190/
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Even CEO Can't Figure Out How RadioShack Still In Business
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02-05-2015, 08:21 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by V
Weird, I thought the Source bought them a while back.
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Circuit City bought their Canadian operations in 2004 and renamed all of their stores to The Source in 2005. Then, Circuit City went bankrupt and The Source got acquired by Bell.
Radio Shack has continued to operate in the US (and I think they had a few stores that weren't part of the Circuit City sale that kept the name in Canada).
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02-06-2015, 01:36 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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About damned time.
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02-06-2015, 01:46 AM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Radio Shack has been gone and dead in Canada for a long time. The Source is owned by Bell and will stick around a little while longer but I have started to see them close up.
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02-06-2015, 05:54 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: SE Calgary
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Talking about The Source, the other day I was looking for a plain jane VGA cable, so I went into the Southcentre one. Asked for a VGA cable, first the guy looked at me blankly and then he clued in and took me to the right shelf. He grabbed a cable and gave it to me, I looked at the price $29.99, I already knew that MemEx had cables for $9.99 I just didn't feel like making the trek, but for $20 I sure will. I walked out of the store, I am not sure how long that business model is going to survive.
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02-06-2015, 07:42 AM
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Ben
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: God's Country (aka Cape Breton Island)
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The Source has basically become a Bell Mobile store. It's a far cry from the Radio Shack days, but in fairness that's what electronics stores have become.
The people who need stuff that Radio Shack/The Source carry are willing to order online, smart phones has eliminated the need for cameras, video cameras, PDAs, mp3 players, heck even mini-systems.
All that's left are cell phones, TV's (with no margin), Blu-Ray players (no margin), video games and systems (no margin) and computers (laptops/tablets/towers all no margin).
When I worked there (no years ago) the push was on accessories as they had markup, but realistically walk into a Source, look around, look as the signs, and uniforms... it's a cell shop that also carries electronics. Heck even the cubicles are gone.
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02-06-2015, 07:47 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by taco.vidal
Oh, Battery of the Month Club, eliminating you was the start of the downfall.
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lol yes! This was the only reason I ever went in that place. At the time I had about 7 different guitar effects pedals going so I was always burning through 9 volt batteries.
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02-06-2015, 08:15 AM
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Franchise Player
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i wonder who is going to buy thier database? the names of millions who purcahsed batteries......i also assume that some government agency will step up and underwrite the batttery warranties that are outstanding
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02-06-2015, 08:43 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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I remember making a crystal radio that worked.
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02-06-2015, 08:48 AM
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Franchise Player
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Sprint in the US, Bell in Canada. Time marches on.
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02-06-2015, 07:50 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Matthew Good has another song to write!
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