RadioShack was established in Boston in 1921 by Theodore and Milton Deutschmann to sell high-tech products. The company went through difficult times especially with downturn in the market of its best-selling line so citizen-band radios.
After World War II, the Tandy leather-craft stores were expanded and by 1960 numbered 160. RadioShack was purchased in 1963 and had only nine units.
In 1961, the company changed its name to Tandy Corporation with Charles Tandy as president and chairman of the board. In the early days, RadioShack was an outlet for Tandy products with relatively narrow market niche.
Domestic manufacture of RadioShack products began in 1967 with entry-level hobbyist electronic kits.
In the 1970s, the company made millions of the CB radio craze that hit the United States. In the early 1980s, Radio Shack did well with an inexpensive personal computer.
In 1993 Tandy decided to sell its computer-making operations and placed new emphasize on retailing by bringing in a new president of RadioShack.
RadioShack served the electronic-hobbyist market until the 2000s, when it shifted over to hawking cell-phone plans and other consumer electronic products.
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