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RadioShack in the US, dick smith in Aus/NZ, and now maplin. I do wonder if these stores may have survived if they could downsize and stick to what they started
by wepple 9y ago
RadioShack in the US, dick smith in Aus/NZ, and now maplin. I do wonder if these stores may have survived if they could downsize and stick to what they started doing: electronics supplies and kits?
- heavenlyblue 9y agoYeah, that’s what I am thinking: most of the places where I had visited maplin it was a small shop where you could but some nails or batteries. On the other hand I would definitely visit more often if they had larger but less frequent shops.
- wolfgke 9y ago> I do wonder if these stores may have survived if they could downsize and stick to what they started doing: electronics supplies and kits? Is this such a large market?
- wepple 9y agoI’m honestly not sure. I think it would be a tiny fraction of what they were trying to target, but it does seem to be growing with the whole maker movement. Don’t forget he UK has seen some fairly ambitious plans to get electronics into education (see microbit) The tricky thing as a CEO/chairman would be accepting that you’re intentionally downsizing your company to maybe 10% of its size, in an attempt to survive vs staying at 100% and attempting to survive with the same old plan.
- Already__Taken 9y agoWith all maker brand style revival(not that it wasn't always around) going on there should be a games workshop for electronics.