Editing Tandy Corporation (section)

==Tandy stores==
In 1973, Tandy Corporation began an expansion program outside their home market of the US, opening a chain of RadioShack-style stores in [[Europe]] and [[Australia]] under the Tandy name. The first store to open was in [[Aartselaar]], Belgium on August 9, 1973. The first UK store opened October 11, 1973, in Hall Green, Birmingham. Initially, these new stores were under direct ownership of Tandy Corporation. In 1986, Tandy Corporation formed its subsidiary [[InterTAN]] as separate entity though connections between them were still visible. For example, catalogue number compatibility was maintained so that the same catalogue number in both companies would refer to the same item.

Tandy stores in the UK sold mainly own-brand goods under the 'Realistic' label and the shops were distinguished on the high street by continuing to use written sales receipts and a cash drawer instead of a till as late as the early 1990s. Staff were required to take the name and address of any customer who made a purchase, however small, in order to put them on the company's brochure mailing list, which often caused disgruntlement. A popular feature of Tandy stores was the free battery club, in which customers were allowed to claim a certain number of free batteries per year. In the early 1990s, the chain ran the 'Tandy Card' store credit card scheme and the 'Tandy Care' extended warranty policies which were heavily marketed by staff.
{{plain image with caption|File:Tandy.svg|Logo of the resurrected UK Tandy Corporation}}
In 1999, the UK stores were acquired by [[Carphone Warehouse]], as a part of an expansion strategy that saw the majority of the Tandy stores converted either to Carphone Warehouse or Tecno photographic stores. In May 2000, the Tandy name was dropped and the official name became RadioShack Corporation. By 2001, all former Tandy stores had been converted or closed. A small number of the stores were sold to a new company called T2 Retail Ltd formed by former Tandy (Intertan UK) employees, Dave Johnson, Neil Duggins and Philip Butcher{{citation needed|date=June 2014}} who continued the RadioShack-style theme for a while, but these stores also closed in 2005. A new company called T2 Enterprises now continues using the old T2 Retail web presence as an exclusively on-line retailer stocking a range of RadioShack products and other electronics. In 2012, Tandy Corporation Ltd, a UK company, acquired the UK rights to the Tandy brand from RadioShack. It now operates as an on-line retailer of electronic components and kits at {{Not a typo|tandyonline.com}}.

In [[Australia]]:

* In 2001, Tandy Electronics stores were sold to [[Woolworths Limited]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2001 Concise report to shareholders|url=http://www.woolworthslimited.com.au/icms_docs/129911_Concise_Report_2001.pdf|website=Woolworths Limited|access-date=24 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804044038/http://www.woolworthslimited.com.au/icms_docs/129911_Concise_Report_2001.pdf|archive-date=August 4, 2012}}</ref> After Woolworths purchased Tandy Electronics, despite owning rival [[Dick Smith (retailer)|Dick Smith Electronics]], both continued to trade as separate entities.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Tandy|url=http://www.tandy.com.au/cgi-bin/tandy.filereader?4880e6ca0248bd36273fc0a87f9c0719+EN%2Fcatalogs%2FINS0005285|website=Tandy|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718191920/http://www.tandy.com.au/cgi-bin/tandy.filereader?4880e6ca0248bd36273fc0a87f9c0719+EN%2Fcatalogs%2FINS0005285|archive-date=2008-07-18}}</ref>
* In February 2009, Woolworths Limited announced that it would be closing all Tandy Electronics stores within the next two years.<ref>{{cite press release|title= Profit report and dividend announcement for the 27 weeks ended 4 January 2009|date=27 February 2009|url=http://www.woolworthslimited.com.au/icms_docs/128778_2009_Half_Year_Results.pdf|website=Woolworths Limited|access-date=24 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103082408/http://www.woolworthslimited.com.au/icms_docs/128778_2009_Half_Year_Results.pdf|archive-date=November 3, 2012}}</ref>
* By the 24 June 2012, all Tandy Electronics stores had closed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Preliminary Final Report of Woolworths Limited for the financial year ended 24 June 2012|url=http://www.woolworthslimited.com.au/icms_docs/135571_FY12_Preliminary_Final_Report.pdf|website=Woolworths Limited|access-date=24 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920040923/http://www.woolworthslimited.com.au/icms_docs/135571_FY12_Preliminary_Final_Report.pdf|archive-date=September 20, 2012}}</ref>

In [[Canada]], the InterTAN stores were sold to rival [[Circuit City (1949–2009 company)|Circuit City]] Inc. The stores were branded as RadioShack, however, because Circuit City lost the naming rights. Later, all of these RadioShacks were re-branded as "[[The Source by Circuit City]]" (now called just The Source). Some of these stores have since closed. In 2009, Circuit City sold The Source to [[Bell Canada Enterprises]] (BCE).