RadioShack can't escape the '80s One dealer said he opened a store four years ago with a $250,000 investment. It lost $100,000 over the first three years it was in business but finally broke even ...

This early consumer PC gained its name from a combination of the store name with that of its parent company, Tandy, resulting in "Tandy/RadioShack" or TRS. Logically, the machine gained its "80 ...

Electronics retailer RadioShack has closed more than 1,000 stores since Memorial Day weekend ... radios or early laptop computers like the TRS-80. But like so many other retailers, it has become ...

As RadioShack gets ready to shut most of its stores and layoff thousands of employees, one former shacker — and the editor of this site — looks back on one of the strangest pre-employment expe ...

When the TRS-80 — a personal computer from Tandy that would be sold via their RadioShack stores, hence TRS — went on sale on Aug. 3 in 1977, computers weren’t exactly new. The Apple I had ...

While the TRS-80 was hugely popular ... it also led to some serious problems for the company. RadioShack's stores essentially become cell phone kiosks, but signing up customers took about 45 ...

The '80s-themed "Phone Call" spot for RadioShack was a hit during this year's Super Bowl. And just a couple of days after it first aired, Radio Shack announced it was cutting 500 stores.

RadioShack took 30 pricey seconds Sunday to ... ironically, calling on some '80s icons. Gold medal-winning gymnast Mary Lou Retton, bedecked in in her red-white-and-blue leotard, muscled up ...

Last 10 years we didn’t buy computers anymore, but the TRS-80 was the first computer for many of our customers.” Bill Stavenhagen has operated his RadioShack dealer store for 28 years in ...

RadioShack had it all. It was a haven for tech enthusiasts, DIY-ers and anyone looking to fix or upgrade their gadgets. The store’s knowledgeable staff, often clad in their signature red shirts ...

NBC Washington reports that a Prince Frederick, Maryland RadioShack — about 45 miles or so from Washington, D.C. — just closed forever on April 26, after 50 years in business. The store owner ...