I read on the BBC website that Radio Shack is closing 1100 stores,around=20
20% of their total number due to fast declining sales.=20

I've only ever seen their Tandy offshoots, which in the UK were always=20
quite expensive from actual component pricing (though I am comparing them=20
to the likes of Maplin and Henrys Radio and Cirkit amongst others in the=20
70s). They very soon lapsed into just a gadget outlet. I understand though=
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that in the US they did retain their proper hobby supply status and were=20
competitive from a hobbyist point of view.

Colin
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cdb,  on 5/03/2014



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