[TriLUG] Article on Radio Shack's Demise

[Jeremy Davis via TriLUG]

It would probably need to be a different format. A place with meeting space
perhaps, with white boards and projectors where folks can meet brainstorm
and do presentations. Then sodas and snacks purchased by people hanging
around would help offset the overhead expenses.

If a business model was open sourced among the local communities, a lot the
risk could be reduced and demand could be measured ahead of time.

On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG <
trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Feb 2015, C TC via TriLUG wrote:
>
>  "Radio Shack lost its way when it ditched its hobbyist customers"
>>
>
> It's not clear that hobbyists would have been profitable.
>
> In Sydney in the 60's and mid '70's there were two large electronic stores
> caterging to professional electronics people. Presumably there were enough
> electronics technicians building and repairing things to keep them afloat.
> I never saw another hobbyist lined up at the counter. By the end of the
> 70's both stores were gone. Presumably everthing was PC boards and you
> didn't repair or build anything yourself. If you bought parts, you must
> have been out of a catalogue.
>
> When I visited London at the end of the '70's, there wasn't an electronics
> store catering to professionals that I could find.
>
> I expect that if there weren't enough professionals to keep stores afloat,
> then the few hobbyists who frequented these shops wouldn't have kept them
> afloat either. Businesses aren't going to be kept alive by people buying
> resistors. You need a large population buying $100 at a time, like happes
> at a car parts store.
>
> Joe
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