They pull $4B a year from over 7,000 locations around the world, it's hard to turn a ship that size. Especially when mobile phone subsidies is becoming a big p

They pull $4B a year from over 7,000 locations around the world, it's hard to turn a ship that size. Especially when mobile phone subsidies is becoming a big part of their income stream. That's like crack to them now, hard to turn away from that. But if this DIY/3DP movement is going mainstream in the coming generation then they need to make a big move. Imagine if Radio Shack makes a comeback consolidating the parts market by buying up the likes of Sparkfun, Quirky, and IndieGogo while partnering with Digikey for retail distribution. Then imagine they developing mobile apps that can quickly identify and give contextual information to individual parts so the average consumer hobbyist can be empowered to chase their dreams. I would bet on that instead because empowering others will always be a better purpose. Otherwise they're going down like Sharper Image or Best Buy because Amazon is here coming to eat their lunch.