[Coco] More poor news for Radio Shack

[David Gettle]

I agree, with  Louis on this, the main problem though is that the Board of
Directors for RadioShack, have never set foot on the sales floor, and have
no clue about the business or what it's customer's want, they only worry
about what the stock holders want the company to be, and that equels a FAIL
in the long term for the company. The other major problem is that
RadioShack management is hired from outside for the most part, so
management knows even less about the products than the sales associates,
which is why the sales associates are not trained with the product
knowledge they should have. I know I was a RadioShack employee for fifteen
years and hiring store manager for five of those years. during the time I
was a store manager on several occasions I had to teach my boss about
products that were in the store, that he was supposed to teach me about.

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Louis Ciotti <lciotti1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The killer for RS in component parts is the price they charge like you
> stated.  Honestly I think for RS to survive they will have to downsize,
> re-tool/re-brand then work their way back into the black.  The biggest
> problem I see is they have to train their employees better.  just know
> about cell phones is not training.  If I go in asking for a capacitor I
> should not get a blank stare.
>
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Dec 12, 2014, at 6:55 AM, Gustavo Ranaur Schoenaker <
> > ranaur at ranaur.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > In my last vacation to San Francisco I went to a Radio Shack that had
> no
> > > electronics components! Only cellphones and accessories! That's an
> > absurd!
> >
> > Yeah, that didn't last long. In 2005, I think, I was building control
> > boxes for some Halloween props for a local haunted house. The computer I
> > used was a EFX-TEK Prop-1 controller (Parallax BASIC Stamp 1 computer).
> > Everything else I bought from Radio Shack: connectors, enclosure, 12V
> > lights, power supply, etc.
> >
> > I was having to hit four or five Radio Shack stores each week, wiping
> them
> > out of the pieces I needed. They were just then downsizing their parts. I
> > was racing to get everything I needed before they didn't carry it.
> >
> > But today, you go in one, and it has a HUGE selection -- but they are all
> > in five or six vertical cabinets instead of spread out on the back part
> of
> > the store. They have so many things they never carried before, but likely
> > are missing many things they used to. Still, tons of parts.
> >
> > They carry things I can't see there being much demand for -- like these
> > circuit board things you can put a surface mount part on then solder it
> "no
> > skill required". I had no idea such things existed until I saw it at
> Radio
> > Shack. They also have tons of Arduino things -- ethernet, touch screen,
> > Xbee, relay and other add-on shields.
> >
> > > I think they should go after repair/DIY market. They will need to lower
> > the
> > > prices of the comodities to be competitive. But they can add services,
> > like
> > > rent 3D printers. Repair/fix electronics, and other "nerdy" stuff. It
> > will
> > > be tough, but there is no opponent in this market.
> >
> > Yeah, going after the "Maker" market would make sense -- though so many
> > other larger niche stores (Sharper Image, anyone?) have failed as well. I
> > still think many of us use RadioShack for one-off quick projects, but
> then
> > we would order stuff cheaper online once we figure it out. It would be
> nice
> > if you could buy something in the store, then they would let you order
> > online quantities of the same item as a competitive price.
> >
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