Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says
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Re: Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says
#2I wonder if this is their in for B&M stores. I can also see this as part of their plan to start shipping items before you even buy them. I click checkout and it tells me to just go pick up the item from Radio Shack on 6th and Weidler.
Re: Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says
#3I wonder if this is their in for B&M stores. I can also see this as part of their plan to start shipping items before you even buy them. I click checkout and it tells me to just go pick up the item from Radio Shack on 6th and Weidler.
With their analytics, they could probably make a good guess as to what people living in a 5-mile radius of the store are likely to purchase.
Which could make for some interesting juxtapositions on the shelves. Kitty litter next to Blu-ray movies, etc. But if it sells, it sells.
Re: Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says
#4I wonder if this is their in for B&M stores. I can also see this as part of their plan to start shipping items before you even buy them. I click checkout and it tells me to just go pick up the item from Radio Shack on 6th and Weidler.
With their analytics, they could probably make a good guess as to what people living in a 5-mile radius of the store are likely to purchase. Which could make for some interesting juxtapositions on the shelves. Kitty litter next to Blu-ray movies, etc. But if it sells, it sells.
I could also see it acting as a showroom for certain products that people want to be able to look at, handle, etc.
Re: Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says
#5Says RadioShack equity holders
Re: Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says
#6It'd be easier for Amazon to sell Amazon smartphones if their customers could first actually hold one in their hands at the local mall.
Re: Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says
#7Sounds fishy to me.
Radio Shack tends to have old leases in 2nd tier shopping centers. Why would they buy a marginal retailer with poor footprint, when you could just lease stores yourself?
There was a time when getting space in malls and strip shopping centers was tough. This isn't one of those times.
Re: Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says
#8It'd be easier for Amazon to sell Amazon smartphones if their customers could first actually hold one in their hands at the local mall.
Well, they're at AT&T stores, many of which are in mall, and it doesn't look like it's helped any.
Re: Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says
#9Bloomberg is reporting that "THE SHACK!" is in talks to close half its stores and sell the rest to Sprint.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-02/radioshack...
Re: Amazon Is in Talks to Buy RadioShack Stores, Report Says
#10Pump n dump. There's a story on bloomberg that radioshack had been a target for months of leveraged buyout rumors in pump n dump schemes and now, finally, "woosh sound of relaxation" thats all over. LOL little optimistic, not done beating this dead horse yet.