BA>Replying to a message of JAY EMRIE to ROY J. TELLASON:

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

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

BA> JE> Originally Woolworths was a dime store here - correct?

BA>F. W. Woolworth, general merchandise.  Essentially the same thing as K-Mart or
BA>Target.

I'm remembering from the 30s and 40s.
Jay

BA>AAMOF, back around 1970, Tandy Leather Products bought Lafayette Radio Shack (a
BA>large store and mail-order house) in New Jersey and Allied Radio Corp. (a
BA>similar
BA>operation in Chicago) and used that base to build their Radio Shack chain.  I
BA>bought a Scottkit (H. H. Scott, better known for their audio equipment than
BA>their kits)
BA>AM/FM tuner/amplifier from Allied and a pair of Altec-Lansing speakers to go
BA>with it; still have them.

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