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brutal...Radio Shack died because they went ALL IN on cell phones

In the 1990's RadioShack execs saw that cell phones were the...
Floppy clown
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mustard space travel guidebook
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it was apparently a very paperwork intensive business for Ra...
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Floppy clown
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they should have sold a 'Realistic' cell phone
harsh selfie
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Sooty Self-centered Patrolman Senate
  08/05/18
I still go there to buy a radio
nubile dun theatre
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Floppy clown
  08/05/18
they didn't see the future that asking your phone number eve...
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Sooty Self-centered Patrolman Senate
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(kenny bania)
bat-shit-crazy hot personal credit line double fault
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link? was there a seinfeld bit about this??
Electric idiot
  08/05/18
That's gold, Jerry! Gold!
seedy vermilion national
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Angry Naked Principal's Office
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I have always been confused by radioshack, you go in hoping ...
Purple school gaming laptop
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tantric corner windowlicker
  08/05/18
Eh... it's an interesting b-school anecdote that they were a...
Multi-colored Sienna Pisswyrm Black Woman
  08/05/18
What part of "Shack" do you not understand?
Sooty Self-centered Patrolman Senate
  08/05/18
Should have pivoted to "Radio Hut"
fragrant rebellious meetinghouse
  08/05/18
Their business model was to be within a 15 min drive of 98% ...
Histrionic Judgmental Library
  08/05/18
plausible there's always been a demand for the geek niches ...
slate gas station
  08/05/18
Ever been to a Micro Center? They're fucking awesome, huge (...
Multi-colored Sienna Pisswyrm Black Woman
  08/05/18
cr. See also Fry's.
Flatulent Brilliant Crackhouse Mood
  08/05/18
no. i assume that type of business model requires staying on...
slate gas station
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The case study will appear in bschool textbooks for eternity...
Angry Naked Principal's Office
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http://sgthartmanradioshack.ytmnd.com/
Galvanic walnut karate
  08/05/18
Why does that site still exist?
bronze chest-beating mexican doctorate
  08/05/18
It still has a handful of meme sites that get traffic http:...
Galvanic walnut karate
  08/05/18
Radioshack was 180. Remember buying CB radios and window-sho...
coiffed 180 church building water buffalo
  08/05/18
Switched from Motorola to a PrimeCo phone
cerebral know-it-all son of senegal hairy legs
  08/05/18
I went to a RadioShack in central america and it was still g...
wine comical church boistinker
  08/05/18
Their prices for a lot of basic things were fucking retarded...
Flatulent Brilliant Crackhouse Mood
  08/05/18
no shame in that. BlackBerry was the MAKER of amazing phones...
abnormal hall organic girlfriend
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Date: August 4th, 2018 6:24 PM
Author: Floppy clown

In the 1990's RadioShack execs saw that cell phones were the future. They were correct about this. They decided to invest heavily in cell phones and try to rebrand as THE place you went to get a cell phone. RadioShack employees were all trained to focus on cell phone sales, and the rest of their business was essentially neglected. At its peak, 50% of all revenue RadioShack made was from cell phones.

Then the cell phone service providers (the Verizons, PrimeCos, etc.) all started their own stores. The cell phone rug got pulled out from under RadioShack and the remaining business was badly out of date and neglected.

That's how hard business is: RadioShack saw the future and still couldn't maek it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36554054)



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Date: August 4th, 2018 6:25 PM
Author: mustard space travel guidebook



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36554057)



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Date: August 4th, 2018 6:28 PM
Author: Floppy clown

it was apparently a very paperwork intensive business for Radio Shack. They would sell a customer both a phone and a contract with a provider. RadioShack employees would spend hours filing paperwork with the providers setting up the contract and neglect the batteries and headphones and shit part of the business

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36554067)



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Date: August 4th, 2018 6:27 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle rambunctious fortuitous meteor point



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36554065)



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Date: August 4th, 2018 6:28 PM
Author: Glassy Zombie-like Address Sex Offender



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36554068)



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Date: August 4th, 2018 7:33 PM
Author: Floppy clown



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36554339)



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Date: August 4th, 2018 7:34 PM
Author: harsh selfie

they should have sold a 'Realistic' cell phone

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36554343)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 11:28 AM
Author: Sooty Self-centered Patrolman Senate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36556845)



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Date: August 4th, 2018 7:38 PM
Author: nubile dun theatre

I still go there to buy a radio

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36554361)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 11:19 AM
Author: Floppy clown



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36556806)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 11:21 AM
Author: Electric idiot

they didn't see the future that asking your phone number every time you wanted to buy a battery would piss off customers as creepy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36556815)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 11:28 AM
Author: Sooty Self-centered Patrolman Senate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36556849)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 11:34 AM
Author: bat-shit-crazy hot personal credit line double fault

(kenny bania)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36556867)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 11:35 AM
Author: Electric idiot

link? was there a seinfeld bit about this??

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36556871)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 11:36 AM
Author: seedy vermilion national

That's gold, Jerry! Gold!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36556874)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 4:16 PM
Author: Angry Naked Principal's Office



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36558113)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 11:37 AM
Author: Purple school gaming laptop

I have always been confused by radioshack, you go in hoping that MAYBE they have used gamecubes or C batteries or something and are just terribly dismayed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36556882)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 11:49 AM
Author: tantric corner windowlicker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36556944)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 11:51 AM
Author: Multi-colored Sienna Pisswyrm Black Woman

Eh... it's an interesting b-school anecdote that they were able to keep the business going for as long as they did by changing the focus of the business

The reality is they fucked themselves by never opening up stores with *much more* square footage.

30 years of exploding demand for consumer electronics and Radioshack's response was to stick with their shitty little mall leases everywhere

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36556950)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 2:44 PM
Author: Sooty Self-centered Patrolman Senate

What part of "Shack" do you not understand?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36557726)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 2:52 PM
Author: fragrant rebellious meetinghouse

Should have pivoted to "Radio Hut"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36557744)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 2:49 PM
Author: Histrionic Judgmental Library

Their business model was to be within a 15 min drive of 98% of the population or whatever. It’s tough to break a schtick you’ve run for years ... just ask wmtp.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36557739)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 2:55 PM
Author: slate gas station

plausible

there's always been a demand for the geek niches that they are suited to address, but the various geek niches that have become prominent aren't suited for little stores

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36557753)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 3:30 PM
Author: Multi-colored Sienna Pisswyrm Black Woman

Ever been to a Micro Center? They're fucking awesome, huge (~60,000 sqft) and full of hobbyist-oriented stuff

They're what Radioshack should have become

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36557887)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 4:06 PM
Author: Flatulent Brilliant Crackhouse Mood

cr. See also Fry's.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36558052)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 7:58 PM
Author: slate gas station

no. i assume that type of business model requires staying on the forefront of what is hot and moving on from what is not

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36559312)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 4:18 PM
Author: Angry Naked Principal's Office

The case study will appear in bschool textbooks for eternity next to jjc1122’s tales of racist sexist Irish pit traders on the Merc Exchange

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36558124)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 2:49 PM
Author: Galvanic walnut karate

http://sgthartmanradioshack.ytmnd.com/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36557736)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 2:49 PM
Author: bronze chest-beating mexican doctorate

Why does that site still exist?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36557738)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 2:52 PM
Author: Galvanic walnut karate

It still has a handful of meme sites that get traffic

http://ytmnd.com/sites/top_viewed/today



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36557743)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 3:55 PM
Author: coiffed 180 church building water buffalo

Radioshack was 180. Remember buying CB radios and window-shopping the police scanners and shit back in the day.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36557990)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 3:58 PM
Author: cerebral know-it-all son of senegal hairy legs

Switched from Motorola to a PrimeCo phone

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36558006)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 4:01 PM
Author: wine comical church boistinker

I went to a RadioShack in central america and it was still going strong. Full of product lots of customers etc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36558015)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 4:03 PM
Author: Flatulent Brilliant Crackhouse Mood

Their prices for a lot of basic things were fucking retarded to the point that I never even bothered to see if they had something I needed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36558032)



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Date: August 5th, 2018 4:09 PM
Author: abnormal hall organic girlfriend

no shame in that. BlackBerry was the MAKER of amazing phones and they still got BTFO

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4042280&forum_id=2#36558071)