donoreo
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| reply to JustPassingThru
Re: Radio Shack in Canada no more?
said by JustPassingThru:
Just went to check the RS website and it is no more. All you find is a notice stating The Source now owns them. Can't access the site to find product or store locations....does this mean the stores are closed too? Did you read the post above yours?
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lazarus_
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Resolute, NU | Hmm my bro works for Radio Shack I wonder if circuit City gives better discounts than 20% off.
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donoreo
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| said by lazarus_  :Hmm my bro works for Radio Shack I wonder if circuit City gives better discounts than 20% off. Staff get 20% now? Back in my day it was 10%!!
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zoelro
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Yeah, I saw the website dismorning too. wow... I knew this was coming I didn't expect it. Ive worked for Radioshack for almost 5 years now. Im just glad were not going to be called GeeWhiz and wear batman Utility Belts. Although my store is soon to go JV as of June 1st.. i can't help wondering if the corporate payroll will change with the name... weve been taking paycuts for sometime especially in the cellular and ewp's. I hope things change, if they do and its better than my managers pay ... ill be transfering to a corpotate store before we go JV. |
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| Bleh. I'm not gonna be able to tell people to "Buy it at Radio Shack" anymore.
The website still worked yesterday. I wonder if the local stores will remain open until they are debranded? I hope they keep my local store manager, he's worked there for 10+ years, very nice guy.
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»www.radioshack.ca/estore/default···ge=EN-CA
More than 900 Canadian electronics stores to become
THE SOURCE BY CIRCUIT CITY
Richmond, Va. and Barrie, ON, April 27, 2005 - Circuit City Stores, Inc. and InterTAN Canada Ltd. today announced that on or before June 30, 2005, all stores currently operated by InterTAN Canada Ltd. under license from RadioShack Corporation will be re-branded as THE SOURCE BY CIRCUIT CITY. The introduction of THE SOURCE BY CIRCUIT CITY stores begins today with the unveiling of the Toronto Eaton Centre location.
"Ninety percent of all Canadians live within a 10-minute drive to one of our locations. By June 30, THE SOURCE BY CIRCUIT CITY will have the same national coverage," said Brian Levy, president and chief executive officer of InterTAN Canada Ltd. "Customers will continue to see quality, national and international electronics brands as well as an emphasis on personal and portable devices."
THE SOURCE BY CIRCUIT CITY will be the local destination for personal electronics such as MP3 players, digital cameras, LCD TVs and a broad selection of personal and portable consumer electronics. THE SOURCE BY CIRCUIT CITY will also offer a diverse mix of communication, computer and household electronic products.
The Eaton Centre store in Toronto is the first location to be re-branded THE SOURCE BY CIRCUIT CITY and will be followed by other locations in the Greater Toronto Area and other major markets. The introduction of THE SOURCE BY CIRCUIT CITY will be supported by a major advertising campaign featuring television and radio commercials as well as print and outdoor advertising.
The company also released a copy of the mark for THE SOURCE BY CIRCUIT CITY.
www.TheSourceCC.com
About THE SOURCE BY CIRCUIT CITY. THE SOURCE BY CIRCUIT CITY (www.thesourcecc.com) is operated by InterTAN Canada Ltd., an indirectly owned subsidiary of Circuit City Stores, Inc. Building on InterTAN Canada Ltd.’s more than 30 years of experience as an electronics retailer, THE SOURCE BY CIRCUIT CITY will have more than 900 locations nationwide by June 30, 2005. All stores will offer a wide range of brand name consumer electronics including communications, computing, personal audio and cool gadgets.
About Circuit City Stores, Inc. Circuit City Stores, Inc. (NYSE:CC) is a leading specialty retailer of consumer electronics throughout the United States and Canada. The company’s domestic segment operates through 612 Superstores and five mall-based stores in the United States. The company’s international segment operates through approximately 1,000 retail stores, dealers and other outlets in Canada.
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Trast
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| I work for RadioShack Canada in the Western Canada. from what I've heard there will be no store closures. They just had us put up a huge cardboard sign in the front the of the store detailing what's happening.
Theres going to be allot of changes I hear, one of them being that we will no longer carry CRT TV's.
RadioShack Canada was a jack of all trades when it came to electronics, a little bit of everything. but always missing stuff. Perhaps that will change.
That and they have all new uniforms, black kacky pants white dress shirt and a blue vest is what I've heard.
I've also heard the Rumor that RadioShack USA will be headed up to Canada, and they will look at anyone who was formally employed by RadioShack Canada first over most everyone else. I've also heard rumor that some non-corpratly owned stores (not owned by Intertan) my keep the name RadioShack. I've also heard they will be liquidating everything that is Branded RadioShack, so there may be some good deals to be had. but this is all rumor so far I have not heard any of this is fore certain.
As for employee discounts? its 15% as far as I know, (it goes up to 25% over Christmas) |
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In my experience, RadioShack was the most overpriced electronic store I knew... I can't even believe sellers could come to you with a smile in their face knowing they were gonna rip the person off big time !
Anyway, hopefully, they will review their pricing policy !
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shaggly
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| Personally, I think it's a great shame.
Sure, CC, BestBuy, and FutureShop are nice places to buy completed product, but RadioShack (or Tandy) were always "safe havens" for those of us that were looking for parts and things to actually do things ourselves with.
The other larger name stores are complete and utter crap for looking for wire, plugs, fuses, solder, etc etc.
This is a shame, and I hope that the current RS stores don't become Circuit City Clones. That's all we need - another huge chain of stores filled with the same old finished product junk, and completely uneducated school kids pretending to be sales people.
"Can I help you Sir?"
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"Uhhhh, yes we have Cell Phones over there."
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mr weather
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Mississauga, ON
| That's a good point. Of course living in the GTA I could always hit the surplus shops (like Active on Queen Street East) to get my bits and pieces.
Ironically I was at a Radio Shack yesterday just as The Source sign was being hung. I also caught a glimpse of a memo to all stores stating that said sign MUST be up by the morning of April 27. Guess these guys were a day late. 
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IIgs
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| reply to MacGyver
I wonder how well they'll do with the name change AND revamping of stores and inventory. "Radio Shack" was pure name recognization, even if their prices were extremely inflated (and for sure, they were) people still went to Radio Shack for things like batteries, electronic gadgets and the like.
The name "The Source by Circuit City" is kind of bizzare sounding. Maybe they should have just gone with "Circuit City Source".
In Quebec it's really going to be strange, they're calling it "La Source par Circuit City". Previously they were an American franchise so they could keep an English name here (i.e. BurgerKing, Second Cup, Dunkin' Dounuts, Walmart). Going from "Radio Shack" to "La Source"...I don't think I'll ever get used to it. 
I wonder if they won't disappear altogether in some places just because of the name change alone. |
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jojadi76
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Toronto, ON
| said by IIgs :I wonder how well they'll do with the name change AND revamping of stores and inventory. "Radio Shack" was pure name recognization, even if their prices were extremely inflated (and for sure, they were) people still went to Radio Shack for things like batteries, electronic gadgets and the like. The name "The Source by Circuit City" is kind of bizzare sounding. Maybe they should have just gone with "Circuit City Source". In Quebec it's really going to be strange, they're calling it "La Source par Circuit City". Previously they were an American franchise so they could keep an English name here (i.e. BurgerKing, Second Cup, Dunkin' Dounuts, Walmart). Going from "Radio Shack" to "La Source"...I don't think I'll ever get used to it. I wonder if they won't disappear altogether in some places just because of the name change alone. WOW amazing those dumb people that can't read "THe source"
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| said by jojadi76 :WOW amazing those dumb people that can't read "THe source" DUMB DUMB language laws and our taxes at work! Linear thought processes at their level worst. 
Here's a thought: the majority in the area speak a different language, so the signs will have different words. Three out of five, that's a whopping 60%, will remain the same (although "Source" is spelt the same but with a different pronunciation in our two official languages).
By your logic: Should Alimentation Couche Tard, who in the last year have bought 1600 Circle K stores (among other purchases) in the US, change the name to "Couche Tard" because the owner is now a Quebec company? Yeah, I can just imagine the jokes over that name change (for those who don't speak French, the convenience store's name means, when translated literally, "go to bed late" but the accepted meaning would be "open late" -- native French speakers can feel free to correct me).
Meh...why do I bother to point this out? Hope springs eternal I suppose. 
Back to the topic at hand....
I'd have thought that they'd come up with something either (a) a bit more original, or at least (b) a bit less cumbersome that "The Source by Circuit City". What do they expect people to shorten that to when referring to it? Someone is getting a big cheque for some rather poor work IMHO.
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corster
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Bell World uses the name Espace Bell in Quebec... |
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IIgs
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Montreal, QC
| reply to MacGyver
At least they're not calling it "La Origine par Ville de Circuit"
Quebec or any other province though, I have to say the new name and logo are pretty awful. I wonder if they'll even survive, won't surprise me if they start closing stores or even disappear altogether. |
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blackeyes
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Ottawa, ON | reply to MacGyver
Brought this up just yesterday at a Radio Shack. The manager suggested The Shack. |
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nitzguy
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| reply to MacGyver
I always called it..."RadioShed?"
I've heard some people call it "Ratshack".
Some call it "Crapshack"...there are a multitude of names for it.
Hey...an epiphany...
"THE SHED - By Circuit City"...for all of those things you'd only buy for your grandpa!
I wonder if that'll fly with the Intertan Executives. |
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BusinessGuy
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| reply to MacGyver
Has anyone looked up information on Radioshack Canada on the stock exchange? They are the only company that I see with a gain. All the big electronic giants here in Canada talk about shrinking revenues caused by poor profit margins. These people at Intertan seem to know what they are doing. And if that is true then I predict that this name change may be a good thing.
Radioshack USA may be riding the backs of the success of Radioshack Canada but the name Radioshack is also tied into some of the worst electronic products in consumer history(ie. Micronta, Optimus, Realistic}. The name change again may be the best thing that happened to them.
And for those that are worried about the loss of raw electronic components, I have heard that this new change will also maintain its line on these products for those do-it-yourselfers. |
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corster
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InterTAN has pretty much changed over all the raw materials from RadioShack brand to NexxTech brand. |
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donoreo
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North York, ON
| The funny thing about all this is that back in the early 90's then President and CEO Robert Keto was trying to do this very thing! They started changing the names of products, they started larger stores and test stores. GenEXXA was the name, they had them at Sherway Gardens, Eaton Centre, Fairview (Kitchener), Georgian Mall (Barrie). There may have been more. They were not like a Shack at all. At the time InterTan had stores in Europe and the UK and Australia. They wanted one name for them all. Shortly after they closed continental Europe and he was let go by the board of directors. They later sold of Tandy Stores UK and just a couple of years ago they sold of Tandy Stores in Australia.
Maybe Keto was on to something at the time?
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