RJT> -=> Roy J. Tellason said to Thom Kouwenhoven
RJT> -=> about "RTL/DTL ETC" on 01-20-03  04:06.....

RJT> TK> They closed down all the Radio shack stores in my country. a Real
RJT> TK> bummer.

RJT> RJT> Did they really?  Why is that?

RJT> GM> My guess is that a financial consultant showed them how they could
RJT> GM> make bigger profits, faster, in other areas.

RJT> GM> The world today is driven by profits. Service to the consumer is
RJT> GM> only of interest when it helps boost the profits.

RJT> GM> I suspect that Radio Shack (AKA Tandy in Aus) and Dick Smith
RJT> GM> Electronics would both have closed in Australia if Woolworths, the
RJT> GM> supermarket chain, hadn't bought them up.

RJT>Woolworth's is a supermarket chain there?  They were (before they closed down
RJT>entirely) something else entirely here...   And they bought up both
those other
RJT>outfits?  Weird!

Originally Woolworths was a dime store here - correct?

Jay


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