Do you remember the old days of Radio Shack? Back in the day they were my go-to store for many electronic items, even less costly ham radio gear. Today the company is in my view just a shadow of what is was thirty years ago. Radio Shack is hanging on by just a few threads. This radio is actually new, just out of the box. I bought it more for it’s nostalgia than anything else but the cheap little radio works very well actually. Visit what’s left of the company here.
Sorry, that should have read Steam Radio!
Team radio!!!
Radio Shacks were fun to browse for sure. Same was true for Tandy Leather, also now defunct.
Never heard of Tandy Leather, but Tandy is familiar.
Tandy Leather shops were similar to RS. They were everywhere, and sold do-it-yourself leather crafts: wallets, key chains, belts etc. I think the Tandy company still exists but the stores aren’t around. I always thought of Tandy and RS as having different product genres, but similar business models.
OK, last I did leather work was probably in grade school!
Back in the day, Radio Shack was very concentrated … sort of like Starbuck’s, but on a smaller scale. Same-store sales suffered because they cannibalized the customer base. Then management made a decision to focus half their business on cell phones which produce a smaller margin than higher-end electronics. Finally, they were late to the game with online marketing. Amazon and Best Buy had already cornered that market. When I was a kid, going to “The Shack” was like going to the candy store. I still have an old Radio Shack transistor radio that works great though it probably should be in a museum. Do any young people own transistor radios, or is that too fogey?
I remember having a little transistor radio too! I believe your chain of events and bad decisions for the company, sad isn’t it? Where I lived in Michigan we had a brick and mortar store that had all the radios. I wish I’d have kept all of those cool radios, dang!!