Re:A History of Misses for RadioShack
by ghaff on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @12:30AM
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>Not to totally disagree with you, but there's something to be said for walking into a store and holding stuff in your hands before buying it.
In general, sure.
And, maybe, for a lot of complicated audio interconnections, a physical RS was helpful for tying your cables and connections together. I'm less convinced that's especially important today. Nor are the TV antenna displays.
I sorta agree with respect to all the various buzzer/motor/etc. stuff but those are all ultimately loss leaders--and always have been. The problem is that RS doesn't have any real cash cow business now to support all that stuff.
In general, sure.
And, maybe, for a lot of complicated audio interconnections, a physical RS was helpful for tying your cables and connections together. I'm less convinced that's especially important today. Nor are the TV antenna displays.
I sorta agree with respect to all the various buzzer/motor/etc. stuff but those are all ultimately loss leaders--and always have been. The problem is that RS doesn't have any real cash cow business now to support all that stuff.