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Even CEO Can't Figure Out How RadioShack Still In Business

FORT WORTH, TX—After a thorough review of the its operations, RadioShack CEO Julian Day could provide no real explanation for the analog-riddled company's staying power.

This Onion article addresses an issue that has often fascinated me. RadioShack has changed a bit here in Canada since become "the Source," but I always wondered why anyone would buy things at RadioShack. I mean I shopped there for cables and other miscellaneous geekery, but they also sold computers and TVs and other things you could get for way cheaper at department stores or Future Shop. Does the entire company stay afloat on people like me needing Y-adapters and RCA cables?

On a related topic, I still wonder how Music World stays afloat. Their entire business model seems predicated upon
setting up in Malls with HMV and then selling every single item for $2-$5 more.