Type: Public
On the web: http://www.radioshack.com
Employees: 36,400
Employee growth: (0.8%)

These stores are tuned to your electronics needs and desires. RadioShack is a leading consumer electronics retail chain with some 4,675 stores in the US and Mexico. Its shops and website offer a variety of products, including wireless and residential telephones, computers, DVD players, electronic toys, and, of course, radios. For its more mobile customers, its sells third-party wireless calling plans from AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon, and others. RadioShack stores also sell a wide range of electronics parts, batteries, and components. The chain runs about 1,175 dealer outlets and more than 1,300 wireless phone kiosks located inside Target stores (kiosks are not RadioShack-branded).

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $4,472.7M
One year growth: 4.6%
Net income: $206.1M
Income growth: 0.5%

Officers:
Chairman: Daniel R. Feehan
President and CEO: James F. (Jim) Gooch
EVP Store Operations: Bryan Bevin

Competitors:
Best Buy
Cellco
Wal-Mart

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