They were forced to change the name as they had lost the rights to use it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Source_(retailer) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_

They were forced to change the name as they had lost the rights to use it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Source_(retailer) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Source_(retailer) Briefly: international Radio Shack stores were put under control of InterTan, a Tandy spinoff. When Circuit City bought InterTan, Tandy cancelled the licensing agreement to the Radio Shack name.