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    RadioShack — once the go-to chain for consumer electronics — will shutter 1,000 stores during the Memorial Day weekend as it undergoes its second round of Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, the company announced Friday. RadioShack will continue to operate 70 brick-and-mortar stores across the U.S. as the retailer migrates most of its sales operations to its website, RadioShack said in a news release Friday. This round of closures does not affect the company’s 500 “dealers” — or franchisee-run stores. The company currently operates four stores in San Antonio, according to its online store locator. Three of those stores will close this weekend, said Steve Moroneso, senior vice president of store operations and real estate for General Wireless…

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    Only a few years ago, RadioShack was known as a multibillion dollar company and one of the nation’s largest retailers of electronics. The business was started by two young brothers Theodore and Milton Deutschmann from London, England in 1921. The brothers opened the initial store in downtown Boston to provide the public with radio equipment, sales and services. In addition, the company was a leading provider of “ham” radio and ship radio equipment to consumers. RadioShack would grow slightly…

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    Base on the Communication Style Inventory, my leadership style is strategic. I used to work to RadioShack for five years. I started as a sale associate for three years then I was promoted to Assistant Manager. My duty is to run the store when my manager isn’t around make sure my co workers are doing their job and train new employee. Working in retail there are new employees come and go almost all the time. I remember back in early 2012 I had to train this new employee his name Jeff. My manager…

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    Ethics Journal Entry 7 When I was in high school, I use to work for RadioShack. RadioShack sold electronic gadgets and wires. I got paid an hourly salary, but also had the opportunity to make extra money on certain products I sold. Some products that offered a little commission included dish satellites and cell phones. Cell phones provided the biggest commission, $20 per phone sold. Keep in mind this was before everyone had a cell phone. The cell phones only cost a penny, but the costumer had to…

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    Implementation Details The development of the listed plan of actions are in support of our five major strategies previously discussed. These plans may support one or more of the five strategies suggested as opportunities for RadioShack to strengthen its positon in the market and gain a greater competitive advantage. To better implement these changes the strategic plan for RadioShack will be completed in phases and not traditional dated timelines. During these phases one or more strategies may…

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    But to his horror, he saw a new shop. Radioshack….. He looked and saw it… He saw what contributed to his heart attack. A Tv. A blizzard immediately broke out as if his fear caused it. He got control over himself and continued to the post office. Once there, he wrote a letter to his Mom that he does on a weekly basis. He talks about all that has happened to the town and his life. With how many letters he writes, he still doesn't know that his mother just throws them away. She hates him more…

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    Pokemon Go Research Paper

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    Everyone in the Pokemon Go world is benefitting. People who play the game are dropping pounds and retailers are booming with free charging stations for the Pokemon Go players. As it is stated in the article “Phone Charger Sales are Surging Because of Pokemon Go”, AT&T, GameStop, and Radioshack are all benefitting tremendously from Pokemon Go players buying their chargers and charging cases. Many people are intrigued by the new game but few are still wondering if the game will stay compelling to…

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    My Team Reflection

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    The purpose of this memo is to evaluate myself and my team members’ contribution to the presentation. We named our team “The Project Team”; which includes Brianna Rebelo, Tatenda Mudeke, Fatima Armaghan, and I. The companies we chose to analyze are Staples and RadioShack. Tatenda created the team charter, I did the team schedule and research for bibliography, Brianna did all the editing and organizing, and Fatima did some research about the companies. We shared our work equally throughout the…

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    similar circumstances. despite being an ambitious group, portland’s repair volunteers usually face items that are not possible to be fixed. Today, repairing turns out to be a difficult task since the businesses providing materials happens to be growing deficiently, junkyards have increased, In addition, we began resting on processors.However, Jacobson foresees the development of the idea as it brought a lot of barren objects to life. “it’s got to start with curious ones, the people willing to…

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    arms after being stabbed by his son while gushing out hundred dollar bills. The father exclaims “Thank god—those Ben Franklins were / Clogging up my heart” in order to communicate to his son that his greed and materialism has lead him to an unfulfilled life and if the teacher takes the same road he too will lead an unfulfilling life. This dream of his father widens our perspective as we now have insight on three different generations rather than just the teacher’s and student’s generations.…

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