Re: [IRCA] Business as usual at one RadioShack

[james Weber <dxdude54@xxxxxxxxx>]

as a former Radio Shack Manager I can assure you whether a store will
remain open or be  closed will not be told to employees. Corporate will
deny a store closure up until the day they are ready to lay them off

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 6:19 AM, Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Those experiences indicate smaller stores with lower rent which will likely
> be open the longest.
>
> Any stores in the imminent closing status are mostly finished packing up
> what's going to be sent for
> clearance elsewhere and at the same time clearing what's not yet packed up
> at 50% off. Most of those
> should close within a week or two.
>
> The "clearance stores" will probably be larger, and in larger malls. These
> will likely be closed later.
>
> But at some point all stores will be cleared and closed, probably later
> this year and depending on how
> many of the leases are bought up, by whom, and how soon they're wanted.
> Amazon, Sprint and T-Mobile
> have all been mentioned as potential buyers for leases they may find
> desirable.
>
>
> Russ Edmunds
> 15 mi NW Phila
> Grid FN20id
> <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip
> FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder;
> Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 2);
> modified Sony ICF2010 w/APS9B @ 15';
> Grundig G8 w/whip; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 10:17 PM, Brian Rachford <azswdxing@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > I had the same experience this evening at the "local" Radio Shack the
> next
> > town over.  The staff were getting ready to do some sort of major
> > inventory, but other than a couple components on clearance, it was
> business
> > as usual, with only one other customer in the store.  (I did log a new
> > station on the car radio shortly after our 6pm sunset on the way there,
> > 1050 KCAA Loma Linda CA.  Can't count it on the home log, but it goes on
> > the list to try.)
> >
> > Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ
> > azswdxing@xxxxxxxxx
> > http://azswdxing.wordpress.com/
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 7:56 PM, Dennis Gibson <wb6tnb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > I went to my favorite RadioShack today expecting big discounts and a
> lot
> > > of clearance items. I was very surprised to find none of that. It
> looked
> > > just like any other day. Over the years the store manager of more than
> 25
> > > years and I have become friends. Unfortunately I couldn't get a lot of
> > > questions answered because he had already left for the day. The
> employees
> > > said they have not been told if the store will stay open.
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
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