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Quoted from KenLayton:Yes, there are still many independent Radio Shack dealers out there. There are also Radio Shack stores inside of some Hobby Town stores.
Yup - nearest one to me now is an Express inside a Hobby Town, 27 miles away. 
Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:The confusing thing is that online sales only account for about 11% of total sales, but online growth rate is significantly higher than retail. I’m surprised that such a relatively small share has so greatly impacted the health of traditional brick and mortar. There has to be a variety of other factors that contribute to traditional business failure.
One big factor is that there's no under/over-saturation online.
While I loved RS, in the late '90s there were _six_ of 'em within 10 miles of my house, all carrying pretty much the exact same stock - basically, they ate each others' lunches. Then the "bust" came, and there was only _one_, but they were frequently out of stock on popular items almost immediately after shipments came, and there was no "backup" location nearby they could send you to.
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