For a while in my town, circa 2000, they had an experimental-format store. The signage said 'Radioshack.com' on the front and it was the size of a small grocer

For a while in my town, circa 2000, they had an experimental-format store. The signage said 'Radioshack.com' on the front and it was the size of a small grocery store and went to all those places-- they had a build-your-own-PC department, I want to say ham radio stuff, non-trivial electronics kits, and a large counter for components. I still have a long string of 470 ohm resistors because the guy at the components counter noted there was a price break and I was better off buying 100 than the 15 I needed then and there. I wonder if their franchise model stymied the format-- they could hardly tell the franchisee who had rented out a standard mall location that he needed to quadruple his footprint. What's funny is that they were like 1km from a more conventional electronics-parts shop, a little run-down outfit with no marketing budget or retail presence, buried behind a rail yard, and that company's still in business today (albeit at a slightly nicer location).