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Tech NewsStartupsRadio Shack Once Again Crawls Out of the Grave
Radio Shack, the once-popular electronics chain, went bankrupt in 2015 and again in 2017. The physical stores, once a nerd’s paradise full of electronic components and computer gear, closed one by one, and a company called Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV) bought the brand and most of the company’s assets. Fast forward a few years and, … Continued
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Tech NewsNewsThe Shambling Corpse of RadioShack Is Rising From the Grave
Retail Ecommerce Ventures, a company that buys and resurrects old brands as e-commerce sites, has bought a number of RadioShack’s global assets, rocketing the defunct brand back into the spotlight once again. According to a release, REV purchased the assets for an undisclosed amount and is exploring bringing back some beloved RadioShack brands. The company … Continued
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Tech NewsGood Deal Alert: RadioShack Is Selling Its Musty Old Clipboards for Only 50 Cents
Who doesn’t love a good deal? If you do, it’s time to head on over to your local RadioShack. The iconic retailer is now selling the last of its remaining office supplies as part of a liquidation process brought by a bankruptcy filed in March, and everything must go. RadioShack is peddling pretty much everything … Continued
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Apple Sues To Prevent Radioshack Selling Customer Data
As the painful destruction of the once-mighty RadioShack empire continues, administrators have been selling off anything worth anything — including a massive trove of customer data, much to the displeasure of some states’ Attorneys General. And now, Apple is joining the good fight. As it currently stands, the data of 117 million RadioShack victims — … Continued
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The RadioShack Name Just Got Sold to the Highest Bidder
RadioShack, whose carrion corpse has been slowly picked apart by various consumer retail chains, is only a shambling zombie of its former DiY electronics self. But Standard General just pulled a Frankenstein, adding a jolt of electricity to the bankrupt brand and snatching up the rights to the iconic chain’s name. Auction of the dilapidated … Continued
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Sprint Is Officially Saving RadioShack
Back in February, RadioShack filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, destroying the childhood memories ofmany a tech blogger, and putting 4,000 brick-and-mortar stores in jeopardy at the same time. But as of today, a plan to co-brand remaining stores with the Sprint logo is officially approved. As reported by Reuters, the offer to co-brand 1,740 remaining … Continued
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RadioShack Selling Customer Data In Bankruptcy Auction
RadioShack’s recent bankruptcy filing means that it has to close nearly 2,000 stores and sell off many of its assets. Some of those assets are to be expected, like trademarks and store leases. But other assets might come as a shock to consumers — assets like personal customer information and email addresses. As Bloomberg reports, … Continued
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The Decline and Fall of the RadioShack Retail Empire
Welcome to Reading List, highlighting all the news stories you missed when you were arguing with your parents about Net Neutrality and/or slipping into a food coma. We’ve got great write ups from SB Nation, Nature, Businessweek, and Motherboard covering topics like religion, a failing retail empire, and gaming’s unflinching feminist voice. As many begin … Continued
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All the Black Friday Deals
It’s the biggest shopping day of the year. There are tons of deals—and not-really-deals—out there. So we combed through every one we could find, and ranked them all. Here’s your Ultimate Black Friday guide: happy hunting. Deals are grouped by category, just like our daily Dealzmodo lists. So you’ll find ebook readers like the Kindle … Continued
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HTC Evo 3D Won’t Have Premium Cost for Pointless Feature
The HTC Evo 3D is the first major 3D phone to hit these shores, but the price tag doesn’t reflect the bonus dimension; according to this leaked RadioShack flier, the handset will cost $200 on-contract. And ship with a movie! Okay, so the movie it ships with—Green Hornet 3D, isn’t one you’d probably have paid … Continued
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Sign Up for Dish Network, Get a Free Gun
In a deal that the southern part of our country would find irresistible, a Radio Shack in Hamilton, Montana is offering a free gun to every customer who signs up with Dish Network. Now I’ve been offered many things when signing my life away for cable—LCD TV’s, phones, iPads—but really? A gun?! Apparently, the offer … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
Radio Shack Is Selling the iPhone 4 for $50 Off
Just in time for the holidays, Radio Shack is cutting prices on the iPhone 4 by 50 bucks. That means the 16GB iPhone 4 is $150 and the 32GB iPhone 4 is $250 (for new or upgrade eligible customers). That’s probably going to be the best deal you’ll find this year. The offer is only … Continued
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T-Mobile, RadioShack Top 2011 List of Potentially Doomed Companies
Joining Blockbuster on that depressing 2011 deathwatch are two companies we’ve been known to cover here at Gizmodo: T-Mobile and RadioShack. Is anything good going to happen next year? https://gizmodo.com/analyst-blockbusters-last-gasp-to-occur-in-2011-5584255 Now, that RadioShack could be headed for the executioner’s block is no real surprise, given the company’s rocky road as of late. In March, if … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
Remember, You Can Always Return Your New iPhone
If the antenna really is a dealbreaker for you, if your screen still has yellow spots…even if you’re just afraid of dropping/shattering the iPhone 4, don’t worry. You can still return it, no matter who you bought it from: http://gizmodo.com/5571171/iphone-4-loses-reception-when-you-hold-it-by-the-antenna-band Although many—not all—of us on staff are keeping the iPhone 4 despite its problems, we … Continued
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Radio Shack Giving Away Free T-Mobile Phones On June 19th Too
Radio Shack is one upping the T-Mobile Father’s Day Free Phone offer by giving away free T-Mobile BlackBerrys, HD2s, and Android phones to ANY plan, single or family. No mail in rebates, no activation fees, just FREE. [TmoNews]
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Rumor: HTC EVO 4G To Cost $200 On Contract, On Sale June 6th
June 6th has been pointed at again for Sprint’s HTC EVO 4G launch, with a crafty customer at RadioShack grabbing some fliers from a branch and being told of the contract prices. $600 out of contract? Steep, but worth it. https://gizmodo.com/htc-evo-4g-could-be-up-for-pre-order-this-month-with-a-5532327 According to the PreCentral forum poster, bnceo, who was told of the contract prices, … Continued
