Hi Bill!
Take a look at
"Radio Shack, the giant mass market retailer, is a division of Tandy Corporation. Tandy began its life as a West Texas company that sold leather products to people who wanted to take raw leather and create their own belts, vests, and jackets. As the company prospered, it moved into other markets and eventually bought an ailing Boston electronic firm called Radio Shack. Radio Shack was running a distant third to the two giants - Allied Electronics in Chicago and Lafayette Radio on Long Island. At the time, Radio Shack had a reputation for low prices and quality that was open to debate. Under the wing of Tandy, the company now completely overshadows its old rivals. Radio Shack bought Allied a few years ago and Lafayette's efforts to build a chain of stores to compete with Radio Shack failed miserably."
73, de Mike, K9UW
Amherst, WI
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From: William P. Gerhold [mailto:k2wh@...]
Sent: Wed 3/30/2005 7:25 PM
To: HallicraftersRadios@...
Subject: [HallicraftersRadios] Re: Attached Ad for Hallicrafters........
Forgot to mention, look down on the bottom of the page on the left hand
side. It says "The Radio Shack". I wonder if that is/was the current
day "Radio Shack"? Anyone know?
K2WH
--- In HallicraftersRadios@..., Bill Gerhold <k2wh@o...>
wrote:
Interesting......
................... Bill (K2WH) ..........................
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