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Re:Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Killed Wireless Price Competition... by chrisco255 on Thursday May 16, 2024 @05:34PM (#40383523)
Radio Shack was a major retail channel for Sprint since the 90s. By the mid-00s, I would wager most of Radio Shack's gross profit came from wireless retail. They were already more or less Sprint stores with some overpriced PCs and stereos by then.
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Re:Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Killed Wireless Price Competition... by Benjammer on Thursday May 16, 2024 @05:59PM (#40383801)
Why would it be a prudent move to take on the corporate real estate costs associated with RS if it was already a profitable retail channel? What does that change other than increasing overhead for Sprint? And if RS was working, why would converting them to solely cell phone stores make things any better?
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Re:Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Killed Wireless Price Competition... by ethbr1 on Thursday May 16, 2024 @06:17PM (#40383999)
Because the choice presumably wasn't {Radio Shack business-as-usual} vs {acquire Radio Shack stores}, but rather {Radio Shack disappears as a retail entity and channel for Sprint} vs {acquire Radio Shack stores}.
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