ARLA/CLUSTER: Será que a famosa RadioShack está mesmo de volta à America.?

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

 RadioShack* is back

ARRL reports *RadioShack* 'Express Stores' are to open in HobbyTown USA
locations

According to a July 13 article in the New York Post, RadioShack is planning
to open “express stores� within HobbyTown USA locations.

The nearly century-old, twice-bankrupt retailer has signed a deal with
HobbyTown USA to put a mini-RadioShack outlet in some 50 HobbyTown USA
stores across the country that would sell items that might appeal to radio
amateurs and experimenters. Those locations will be identified with
RadioShack signage. HobbyTown markets remote-controlled cars and boats as
well as drones and other hobby-related merchandise.

RadioShack shuttered all of its company-owned retail outlets. Its last
unsuccessful effort to bail itself out of debt involved a deal with
cellular provider Sprint. HobbyTown USA has 140 retail outlets, and,
according to the Post article, RadioShack eventually could carve out a
presence — on the order of 500 square feet — in all of them. HobbyTown USA
stores in Parker, Colorado, and Mooresville, North Carolina, will be among
the first to host RadioShack express stores.

“HobbyTown is purchasing the RadioShack merchandise and offering it to its
hobbyist customers who need the tools, wires, and other accessories that
RadioShack makes,� the Post article said.

The article quoted Steve Moroneso, chief executive of General Wireless
Operations Inc. — an affiliate of hedge fund Standard General which
acquired RadioShack in 2015 — as saying that RadioShack’s strategy now is
not to own brick-and-mortar stores. RadioShack came out of bankruptcy in
January with 400 dealers, an online retail presence, and a distribution
center. General Wireless acquired the 1,743 retail outlets that survived
RadioShack’s 2015 bankruptcy.

Moroneso also told the Post that there is “plenty of interest from dealers
who want to open a full-line Radio Shack.�

Read the full ARRL story at
http://www.arrl.org/news/view/radioshack-express-stores-to-open-in-hobbytown-usa-locations

New York Post article
https://nypost.com/2018/07/13/radioshacks-comeback-is-taking-shape/
* A *RadioShack Corporation* (ex-*Tandy Corporation
<https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_Corporation>*) é uma da maiores
cadeias fisicas de lojas de artigos eletrônicos nos Estados Unidos
<https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estados_Unidos>, e em várias partes da Europa
<https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa>, América Central
<https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9rica_Central> e América do Sul
<https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9rica_do_Sul>. A partir de 2003
<https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003>, ela passou a contar com mais de 6.000
lojas nos EUA e comunicou ter tido um rendimento líquido de US$
<https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/USD>4,6 bilhões. A matriz da RadioShack está
localizada em Fort Worth <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth>, Texas
<https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas>. Desde essa altura tem vindo a fechar
lojas, só no ano passado 2017, encerrou mais de 1 000 lojas. Temia-se que
desaparece-se.
<https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:RadioShack_Exterior_Modified.jpg>
<https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:RadioShack_Exterior_Modified.jpg>
Exterior de uma loja RadioShack em Texarkana
<https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texarkana>.

A(c)tualmente, as marcas proprietárias da RadioShack incluem
*Presidian*(equipamentos
de áudio e vídeo), *Accurian* (equipamentos de áudio e vídeo),
*Optimus* (dispositivos
de fotografia digital <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fotografia_digital>),
*Gigaware* (acessórios para PCs <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC>),
*Voicestar* (*headsets <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headsets>*), *MyMusix*
 (tocadores de MP3 <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tocador_de_m%C3%ADdia>) e
*Enercell* (baterias <https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bateria_(qu%C3%ADmica)> e
similares). Entre as marcas descontinuadas, estão a  *Realistic* (equipamentos
de som e radiocomunicação) e *Archer* (fiação e antenas).
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