5 Feb
2015
5 Feb
'15
2:33 p.m.
On Thu, 5 Feb 2015, Ali wrote:
RadioShack had it essentially right in the 2014 Super
Bowl commercial -
the 80s called and they did want their store back. What they screwed up
was thinking that meant the old store had to go and be replaced with the
current monstrosity.
RadioShack should have brought back the store of the 1980s and updated
it items like cheap cables, Raspberry Pi kits, etc. I.E. hobbyist and do
it yourself stuff. Yes, they still would have to close a number of
locations (do you really need a ratshack on every corner?) but what
would have been left behind would have thrived...
No, they would have had to take it back to the 1960s and 1970s.
By the 1980s, Radio Shack was already committed to changing from hobbyist
supplies to crappy consumer electronics.