"Michael Black" wrote in message
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"FireStarter5" ) writes:
If they did decide to close up shop in Canada (which I can't see
happening)
would this mean they are about to have a massive blow-out liquidation sale
that ends June 30th?



They aren't closing up shop, they simply have to drop the name and
references
to it.

Radio Shack here in Canada used to be owned by Tandy. That dates to the
late sixties when Tandy actually bought a leather company here, and then
a couple of years later the president of that company was put in charge of
Radio Shack in Canada, with the first store opening in 1970. I can remember
getting a Canadian catalog in '71 or '72 and it wasn't mail order, but there
were no stores here in Montreal.

IN the mid-eighties it was let loose, though I thought there was still
some obeyance to Radio Shack in the US. But that's when the lines
started diverging, with not all items in the US catalog available here
in Canada. Intertan would be ordering it's own supply of items. The
Color COmputer, for instance, was dropped here in Canada a year or two
before it was dropped in the US

IN recent years, I'm not sure if it started happening before Intertan
was bought by Circuit City, there had been less and less sold in the
stores that had the Radio Shack name on it, with a lot of items that
had known brands on them. New house names came along, but at least some
of the items were identical to those in the US under the Radio Shack name.
THose descendants of the Minimus-7 are still in the stores here, though
they now are labelled "Centrios" and I could have sworn there was a period
when they were labelled "RCA". I had thought the new names were just
Radio Shack trying to be more hip, ie that it was happening in the US too.

The only thing I see in the current flyer with "Radio Shack" on it is
the batteries. Of course, the stores and the flyers are labelled "Radio
Shack".

If the current Radio Shack stores close, then Circuit City has nothing
left of what they paid for some years back. This ruling only means
they cannot operate under the "Radio Shack" name, not that the stores
have to close down. There is absolutely no reason to expect the stores
to close.

And since there is little left that carries the "Radio SHack" name,
there is little to liquidate to clear it out. I'm not even sure if
the ruling requires them to drop "Radio Shack" items, after all it is
a brand just like Sony or Ford. All they have to do is change the signs
on the store, come up with a new name, throw out the old stationary.

Michael

Anyone remember "Uncle Dave's Radio Shack" business
operating out of New York in the 40's/50's ? k35454.