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It lost its way when it bet the farm on cell phone plans and crappy rc cars.

• ghaff 12y ago
  But before that they primarily sold crappy audio equipment--and consumables like batteries and phonograph needles. Whenever the topic of Radio Shack comes up there's this nostalgic remembrance of them as some sort of "maker space" but that wasn't central to their business for a very long time if ever. I'm not sure it was even an important part of their brand for most people except insofar as a "place to grab a cable quickly" counts as being part of a hobbyist identity at a time when products were less integrated than today.