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Never understood why they didn't turn themselves into a microcenter type store.
Isn't that what they used to do?
Not really.
They had a lot of parts for radio and electronics hobbyists. Also they sold some of the first personal computers like the TRS-80 and Tandys.
RadioShack never transitioned well in the larger pc market like microcenter. They never sold motherboards or video cards. It was never a build your own PC shop.
I used to work at Microcenter back in like 2014. Made a lot of money in the build your own department!
Well most pc shops have closed their shops anyway so I don't see how that could have saved them. I think they can make a comeback by providing 3d printing services for hard to find parts. They just got into the crypto game which I find a little strange like if they officially ran out of ideas.
They aren't big enough
You mean square footage? They could have rented larger retail spaces easily.
That is what I meant. I'm not sure how well Microcenter et all are doing. It may be just a poor time to be getting into retail.
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