[Coco] Radio shack layoffs, store closing, etc... Goodbye, and thanks for the memories?

[Stephen Batson]

In opinion, they focused so much on high profit margins in a competitive market they doomed themselves. Yes it was fun to visit the stores and nice if you needed something right now, but except for some of their gadgets, their brand of computer and electronics, their parts were usually either over priced, junk or both.

I do find it sad that they mismanaged themselves into the ground.

> On Mar 8, 2017, at 6:30 PM, Spencer via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
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> Wow!  That's unbelievable.  
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> Yeah it used to be a place my dad and I went to during the late 80s and early 90s and the stores were always crowded with people buying computers,  parts and friendly talking about shared interests.  RS was an American icon for electronics and they just sort of lost contact with how to adapt to world changes of retail and delivering what customers wanted at reasonable prices.  It's sad, but I too believe RS will be gone soon.
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>      From: Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com> 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 8, 2017 9:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Radio shack layoffs, store closing, etc... Goodbye, and thanks for the memories?
> 
> During my time at Radio Shack (88-91?) they had over 7000 stores in the US.
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