RadioShack Negotiating To Close Half Of Its Stores, Sell The Rest To Sprint Image courtesy of (cmorran123)
Yes, that would mean that RadioShack as a retail brand would die, being replaced with two things we probably don’t need: more mobile phone stores and empty storefronts. There are currently about 4,300 Radio Shack stores. The store has been stuck in an odd position until now, with investors preventing it from closing stores to save money.
Shutting down the brand entirely isn’t the only option: it’s possible that the entire Sprint deal could fall apart, or that another company could swoop in and buy RadioShack. Another possibility that’s being discussed is co-branding the stores as RadioShack and Sprint: perhaps keeping some non-phone electronics and selling only Sprint phones, for example.
RadioShack in Talks to Sell Half Its Stores to Sprint, Shutter the Rest [Bloomberg News]
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