{"id":27789,"date":"2017-08-29T06:48:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T10:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=27789"},"modified":"2017-08-29T06:48:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T10:48:05","slug":"radioshack-franchises-expand-in-wake-of-corporate-bankruptcy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/radioshack-franchises-expand-in-wake-of-corporate-bankruptcy\/","title":{"rendered":"RadioShack franchises expand in wake of corporate bankruptcy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: Twice.com<\/a> via Tom Hacker)<\/p>\n

RadioShack\u2019s second bankruptcy in two years may have brought its company-owned stores to the edge of oblivion, but it has apparently sparked a renaissance among the chain\u2019s approximately 425 independent franchisees.<\/p>\n

As Wisconsin dealer-owner PJ Kruschel explains, inventory is beginning to flow again, and the departure of the corporate stores has ramped up customer demand and unshackled RadioShack dealers from restrictions on expansion.<\/p>\n

Kruschel, who will grand-open the country\u2019s first post-bankruptcy RadioShack tomorrow in Baraboo, Wis., shared his observations in an email to TWICE, which we posted below with his permission:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve owned a RadioShack dealer store for the past ten years and just opened a new store a couple weeks ago. It\u2019s the first new RadioShack since the latest bankruptcy. There is another store opening in Utah and a couple more in Tennessee coming in the near future, but I\u2019m the first.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Continue reading at Twice.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks for the tip, Tom!<\/p>\n

This is encouraging news indeed and verifies what I’ve seen at the two RadioShack franchises I’ve visited since the bankruptcy. In both cases, they are serving the needs of a local community–their inventory and services have always included products and services the corporate stores weren’t allowed to offer. RadioShack franchises have always had more freedom to expand their offerings, but now it appears they can even expand their locations. Excellent news, I say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Twice.com via Tom Hacker) RadioShack\u2019s second bankruptcy in two years may have brought its company-owned stores to the edge of oblivion, but it has apparently sparked a renaissance among the chain\u2019s approximately 425 independent franchisees. As Wisconsin dealer-owner PJ Kruschel explains, inventory is beginning to flow again, and the departure of the corporate stores […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,714],"tags":[381,380,2564],"class_list":["post-27789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-retailers","tag-radio-shack","tag-radioshack","tag-radioshack-closures"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7ed","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24601,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/radioshack-files-for-bankruptcy\/","url_meta":{"origin":27789,"position":0},"title":"RadioShack files for bankruptcy","author":"Thomas","date":"March 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who shares the following news from Reuters: RadioShack chain operator files for bankruptcy protection (Reuters) - U.S. electronics chain RadioShack Corp filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday for the second time in a little over two years, faced with a challenging retail\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/RadioShack-StoreClosing-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/RadioShack-StoreClosing-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/RadioShack-StoreClosing-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24524,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/radioshack-successor-may-declare-bankruptcy\/","url_meta":{"origin":27789,"position":1},"title":"RadioShack successor may declare bankruptcy","author":"Thomas","date":"March 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm returning after a week of travels\u00a0and spending time with friends at the Winter SWL Fest in Plymouth Meeting, PA. 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