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posted on August 05, 2009 at 08:20AM Inappropriate?

So Radio Shack is changing their name to "The Shack"...was wondering what everybody here thinks of that? Also, anybody here actually shop at Radio Shack??

replies: 36 latest post: August 20, 2009 at 10:07PM by thatmanguy
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posted on August 05, 2009 at 08:21AM
 
And Pizza Hut is changing its name to "The Hut." Weird.
posted on August 05, 2009 at 08:55AM
 

Its stupid.

posted on August 05, 2009 at 08:55AM
 

Maybe we should start calling ourselves "The Sears."

posted on August 05, 2009 at 09:05AM
 

Ha, the -mart would be awful too. I sometimes wish the sign still said Sears Roebuck because it is the original name.

posted on August 05, 2009 at 09:12AM
 

The Hut, really?  I havnt heard of that.  Maybe radio shack is changing their name because they havn't acually sold radio parts in who knows how long.

posted on August 05, 2009 at 02:31PM
 

Actually radio shack does still carry radio parts. Usually the back of the store has a 12 foot section with oodles of drawers loaded with capacitors, pcbs, lights, and even doo-dads!

But really, The Shack?

I think im going to punch somebody for that. Way to change your image. At least radios are electronics. Just calling it The Shack makes it sound like it will sell barn & farm supplies. YeeHaw, I'm headin' to the shack, ya'll!

posted on August 05, 2009 at 04:39PM
 

whats a radio?

posted on August 05, 2009 at 05:49PM
 
In response to goodole312's post from August 05 2009 04:39PM

Thanks. I just loled so hard it hurt a bit.

"Mp3 Player Shack" maybe?

posted on August 05, 2009 at 07:42PM
 

I looked at an insert going into Sunday's paper, and they have actually trademarked "The Shack" as their own. It looks like they're using it as a nickname for now. Anybody remember Auto Shack? They got sued by Radio Shack and had to change their name to Auto Zone!

posted on August 05, 2009 at 07:57PM
 

The Zone?

posted on August 05, 2009 at 09:13PM
 
In response to TriCoRob's post from August 05 2009 07:57PM

Too close to "P'Zone" from "The Hut." :)

posted on August 06, 2009 at 04:04AM
 

Don't forget:

KFC

OSH

HOJO (I think)

IHOP

HD

and my favorite -

XMAS

posted on August 06, 2009 at 04:05AM
 

Does "The Hut" have a Star Wars theme?

Where's Jaba?

Do they sell sticky-buns?

posted on August 06, 2009 at 04:11AM
 

I've got an old package of assorted tube sockets from "The Shack".

Tubes are those glass things that glowed faintly red inside, were hot to the touch and whose equipment always needed to "warm up" before it started working.

And, radio is like a CD player, set on random track playing/ with more than one musician coming out of the "speaker" (as in ONE).

The music on radios is "free".

Got your attention on that one, didn't I?

And, radio stations had "ranges", sort of like "bars" on the old Cellular Phones...

I got a tube "tester", too.

Haven't seen my RCA Receiving Tube manual for years.

Don't know if it's still around here "somewhere" or not.

posted on August 06, 2009 at 04:11AM
 

Post Tools went to Western Tools - same store.

posted on August 06, 2009 at 10:44AM
 

IHOP is an excellent name, "The Shack" honestly, I guess these companies really dont understand that its not always the name on the door but the way its run on the inside. Plus the name is stupid.

posted on August 06, 2009 at 04:16PM
 

Actually i just talked to someone at Radio Shack today about it, and he said its just for their marketing, all the stores are still going to say Radio Shack, they arnt changing their name, just their image. You know, trying to be hip. I can understand that i guess, especially considering they are really focused on selling cell phones now, so being attractive to kids and selling lots of cell phones sounds perfect.

posted on August 07, 2009 at 10:48AM
 

Maybe Sears should change their name to "The Store"?

posted on August 08, 2009 at 09:39AM
 

Don't forget that Kmart has also tried to re-invent itself through name changes:Kresge, Kmart, Big K, Super K, Big Kmart, Sears Essentials.....  Marketing needs to understand that name changes don't make for more customers.  You need to change more than the name to attract new customers.  Same stuff inside will generate the same results...

posted on August 08, 2009 at 09:53AM
 

A Kmart person!  You can cross over to the other site?  I had no idea.  MyKmart here I come! mwahahahaha.

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