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In reply to the discussion: A eulogy for RadioShack, the panicked and half-dead retail empire [View all]WillowTree
(5,325 posts)66. There's a book about it.
I think it's called "Good to Great to Gone". Also video documentary that you can stream from Amazon Instant for $2.99 called "A Tale of Two Cities: The Circuit City Story". Pretty interesting, really.
Strange that this little sub-conversation came up just now as I just so happened to have watched that very documentary earlier this evening. Who says there are no coincidences?
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I believe there are supposed to be protections for workers who report such things,
SheilaT
Nov 2014
#11
Things have changed drastically, in so many ways, for workers in our country.
robinlynne
Nov 2014
#20
I only go in there to recycle batteries I've bought from someplace else. And that is only because
RKP5637
Nov 2014
#21
"At-Will" employment really needs to be renamed to "Fire At-will" employment, to say it
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#69
All that work that went into building up unions in this country wasted/lost in today's
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#77
He must go to the E.E.O.C. and file a complaint. They will investigate (ha,ha) and find nothing
Dustlawyer
Dec 2014
#87
That used to drive me up the wall. I had one clerk tell me once I could not buy anything at RS without
RKP5637
Nov 2014
#6
And they just don't get it! Just like Circuit City didn't get it. In the very very early days
RKP5637
Nov 2014
#7
They ditched appliances for video games and small electronics that could found cheaper online
pstokely
Dec 2014
#99
Yep, and they often move onto other companies into directorships, etc. It's often an
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#93
In all honesty, I keep on being surprised that Radio Shack is still in business.
SheilaT
Nov 2014
#15
Pretty much the same experience for me, actually Lafayette Radio before RS, and then before that
RKP5637
Nov 2014
#26
I got 20 years out of one of their top of the line stereo recievers I bought about 1981.
brewens
Nov 2014
#37
Yep, some of their re-named gear way back was really good. I have one of their record changes I
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#75
They sure did relabel as RS some real junk from time to time, and it just got worse and worse. n/t
RKP5637
Nov 2014
#28
Yep, thanks, hadn't noticed that. It is amazing, 10 years later, still appropriate more
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#72
My local Radio Shack is right by where I work and way handier than Walmart or others
brewens
Nov 2014
#34
They've always been like that. I was offered a management position in the early '80s just
1monster
Nov 2014
#38
What an awful work situation. I used to go to RS often, one near my house in NoVa
appalachiablue
Nov 2014
#41
I've never found Radio Shack to be a pleasant experience, not for years and years. I've had some
RKP5637
Nov 2014
#52
Same feelings here. Just an unpleasant place to go into. When I went there on occasion I used
RKP5637
Nov 2014
#56
Retail electronics sale story to share, what the heck. NYC friend worked in a photo store in DETROIT
appalachiablue
Nov 2014
#55
Yep, that happens a lot. There's a guy around here, looks totally homeless and he's
RKP5637
Nov 2014
#60
I believe it, good to know. On the other hand I recall Whoopie G. shopping with her mother
appalachiablue
Nov 2014
#62
Yep, they stick to business as usual feeling omnipotent, like they control the world. I've
RKP5637
Nov 2014
#61
I would not mind seeing them gone, they deserve it, but I feel sorry for the employees.
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#110
I always wonder how RS stays open, I'm usually one of 2 or 3 in the store.
Liberal_in_LA
Dec 2014
#101
Yep, I used to buy tubes there and way back at Lafayette Radio. As I recall RS had the better ones
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#113
Dating myself, I remember its much better competitor Lafayette Electronics, closed in 1981.
happyslug
Dec 2014
#114
This is an exceptionally astute reply and right on target IMO. Yes, they often remind me of a
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#116
How do they sustain themselves? They can't be making much of a profit, not even to
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#117