02-20-2013, 11:10 AM | #1 | |
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Should Amazon Buy RadioShack?
With Amazon building warehouses like crazy all over the country, isn't it time they set up small showrooms for their Kindle line; and possibly other products?
And what better chain to snatch up than ailing RadioShack and its 4,400+ US locations. Of course Amazon won't need all of those stores, so they can keep the prime locations and sell off the rest. RadioShack is on its way to oblivion and I like the idea of turning its stores into Amazon fronts. And if not Amazon, what about Google? Quote:
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02-20-2013, 11:32 AM | #2 | |
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Certainly in the UK there is no lack of places to find one. |
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02-20-2013, 11:36 AM | #3 |
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02-20-2013, 12:29 PM | #6 |
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But, people still buy Kindles from Amazon in the thousands, or tens of thousands. Why should they buy Radioshack just to sell Kindles, when they are doing fine selling Kindles already? Besides, people tend to go to Radioshack to buy parts and accessories, not devices. I don't think it wouod be a good move.
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Wouldn't it be cheaper just to pay RadioShack to carry them? Or to have 7-11 carry them? Rather than getting 4000+ struggling locations.
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02-20-2013, 12:38 PM | #8 |
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RadioShack is headed for bankruptcy. Getting them to carry Kindles won't save them. It's best to buy them out and change the name to Amazon or Google. Prime locations kept and the rest jettisoned.
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02-20-2013, 12:47 PM | #9 |
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The best place to sell Kindles is in book stores. (Which is pretty much what Kobo does.) Unfortunately, Amazon is their competitor.
I'm not confident that selling Kindles in electronics stores will do much to help their cause. |
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Like B&N, RadioShack will not survive. Trying to turn RS around is an exercise in futility. |
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02-20-2013, 12:58 PM | #11 |
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RadioShack is basically a cell phone store anyway. I don't see it being a huge benefit for Amazon.
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02-20-2013, 01:01 PM | #12 | |
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Amazon will not remain solely as an online entity. At some point, they will establish Amazon branded storefronts. RS can be had for a song, so it's a good candidate to get the needed locations. |
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Amazon are successful because they sell essentially everything. An online store can sell as many products as they want, and doesn't have the overhead of running retail outlets. By moving into stores, they suddenly have a very limited amount of stock available, lose their major advantage and pick up a significant disadvantage. Why? Retail stores are failing because they are being beaten by companies like Amazon. Why would the winners want to become the losers? |
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On the other hand, Amazon is great for digital purchases. Still, that begs the question as to why Amazon bothers to sell Kindles in retail stores to begin with. |
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But they don't have to run their own stores to have that. Chucking a bit of marketing money at existing stores can achieve the same end with none of the overhead. |
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