Posted by James on August 04, 2009 at 09:49:31:
In Reply to: RadioShack Dropping "Radio" From Its Name posted by ! on August 03, 2009 at 22:18:50:
Poor radio just keeps getting beat up! Not even the traditional Radio Shack wants to be associated with it anymore!
At least they don't ask for my zip code anymore when I go in to score a 9 volt battery.
: Just how far has the radio industry sunk? Even RadioShack is walking away from the word "Radio" now. From The Business Insider website today:
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: RadioShack Finally Dropping 'Radio' From Branding (RSH)
: RadioShack (RSH) is going to start branding itself as "The Shack," in an effort to focus on its current business selling cellphones and consumer electronics, and to distance itself from its geeky past as an electronics parts store.