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Radio Shack in Canada ended up in a similar situation. In 2005, they sold to Circuit City and opened as a rebranded store called "The Source" (after a brief leg
by jbinto 12y ago
Radio Shack in Canada ended up in a similar situation. In 2005, they sold to Circuit City and opened as a rebranded store called "The Source" (after a brief legal dispute about the Radio Shack name).
When Circuit City went bankrupt in 2009, they sold the chain to Bell Canada (our version of Sprint or Verizon).
- Scoundreller 12y agoAnd in a similar vein in Canada, Black's, a photofinisher and photography related goods vendor could not adapt to the digital world. The chain was sold to Telus (a competitor to Bell). It seems to be a common trend for bankrupt chains' leases in Canada to get bought up for the instant network of stores. Is this a rare phenomenon in the US?