Talk:RadioShack/Archives/2017

Tandy Brand Returns?
https://boingboing.net/2017/01/30/tandy-brand-computer-products.html

I stumbled across this on youtube, but I have only seen this one article about it. Not sure if this is something new and legit. Autumn Wind (talk) 17:47, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Content
It seems to be written by disgruntled ex-employees with an axe to grind; the mentions of the Onion piece, the exact wording of an email sent years ago etc. should be purged. Zezen (talk) 06:56, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
 * The layoff by email was a widely-publicized event and is relevant to the section. The Onion piece, however, is not relevant and lacks an encyclopedic tone.  I second purging the Onion piece, but leaving the email quote. Codefenix (talk) 11:55, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

Proposal to condense International operations section
The section titled International operations contains much detail about markets which once existed but have long since ended. It could all be merged into one or two paragraphs listing the regions in which RadioShack/Tandy served (and keeping all the refs), rather than devoting entire subsections to each one. Codefenix (talk) 19:09, 19 May 2017 (UTC)

Possibly useful Radio Shack links

 * California firm closes deal to buy RadioShack warehouses, June 2015, this article lists the street addresses of warehouses and other corporate properties.
 * Archive of RadioShack Memorabilia Auction, June 2017, link to contains hundreds of photos of old RadioShack products and sales/marketing promotion items
 * Online RadioShack Memorabilia Auction, auction ends July 3, 2017. Useful source to purchase items that could be photographed for wikipedia articles.

Use of Tandy brand in Europe
This article links to an unverified story on theregister.com that says that the UK operation could not use the Radio Shack trademark due to a trademark conflict with an existing store in London. This story is apocryphal and does not cite any authoritative source such as an official record or quote from an executive who was employed at the time by the company. It is clearly stated in the book 'Tandy's Money Machine: How Charles Tandy Built Radio Shack into the World's Largest Electronics Chain' ISBN 0916371123 that the use of the Tandy name in Europe was a deliberate strategy. The idea was simply that if the Radio Shack electronics store format did not work then the company could introduce Tandy leather goods into the stores. Knowing Charles Tandy's pride in his family name it is also likely that he preferred to use his family name. Radio Shack was not known outside the USA so there was little point in using the Radio Shack name in Europe.

I have deleted this reference as I believe it to be untrue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adslnation (talk • contribs) 18:41, 17 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Radio Shack was known outside the US; the name existed in Canada until 2005, still exists on Mexican stores which RadioShack Corporation still owns, and was used in the franchise and joint venture attempts in Asia (as they were made after 2000, when the final link to the Tandy Leather Factory was severed and the two companies went their separate ways). K7L (talk) 19:21, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

External links modified
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 * All but the Bloomburg link work. Hopefully I indicated this correctly. Codefenix (talk) 20:54, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

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Spin off General Wireless Operations into a separate article
Should we spin off General Wireless Operations into a separate article? Tandy Corporation has its own and this seems to be more focused on the brand which is now owned by Kensington Capital Holdings. I have made fixes to the article however it seems to be confusing on what the article is about. Opinions? TheUSConservative (talk) 15:02, 13 September 2017 (UTC)


 * See Standard General. Maybe just expand the RadioShack subsection however you'd like? Codefenix (talk) 17:08, 21 October 2017 (UTC)