[BC] Re: Radio Shack Hangs in There!

[Bill Smith]

Do you remember Radio Shack's Tech America division? That was short lived.

Bill

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> In a message dated 4/30/2007 12:41:24 PM Central Daylight Time,
> burban at kut.org writes:
> 
> 
> > Don't forget about Incredible Universe.  Remember them?  That was
> > Tandy/Radio Shack's version of Circuit City/Best Buy/Etc.  That venture
> fell
> > flat on
> > its face.  I remember a store in Houston that opened up in  1999.  It
stayed
> > open for six months.  One day, people who wanted to  shop there found
the
> > doors
> > locked and "out of business" signs all over the  place.
> >
> > My understanding is Fry's Electronics bought up some of the old IU
stores.
> >
> >
> > Paul Gray.
> >
> >
> 
> **********************Correct Frye's bough the Dallas and the Atlanta
stores.
>  They used the Tandy-Radio Shack computer terminals for years.
> 
> Dave