RadioShack is again (form of) | TechCrunch

The twenty first century has not been type to RadioShack. The once-dominant electronics element retailer merely couldn’t compete with massive field shops like Greatest Purchase and on-line retail juggernaut Amazon.

February 2015 noticed the corporate delisted from the New York Inventory Change earlier than declaring chapter the identical month. Later that yr, RadioShack started the method of shuttering practically 2,000 brick and mortar shops.

In 2023, Unicomer Group acquired the worldwide rights to the corporate — becoming, because the El Salvador-based holding firm controls nonetheless operational places in Central and South America. At CES 2025 this week, the agency provided a glimpse at what the deal means for the U.S.

In a bid to capitalize on a reputation that after carried clout within the tech world, Unicomer is including RadioShack branding to a bunch of shopper electronics. That features issues like a Bluetooth speaker with RGB lighting ($58), a gaming chair ($250), headphones ($28), and a projector ($112).