It sounds odd at first, but technology killed Radio Shack.
In the past, Radio Shack was the place you went to for electronic parts - capacitors and resistors and the like. Or odd audio cables and adapters. Maybe a TV antenna and coax cable.
Then everything went digital and wireless and disposable. Today, there is nothing that Radio Shack sells in a store that I cannot get elsewhere - and likely get cheaper.
Had they consolidated stores some time ago, they might have been able to salvage themselves.
At this point, the vultures are beginning to circle, waiting for the inevitable markdowns and clearance sales.
I was confused when I read that General Wireless was going to put Sprint stores in many of those company-owned stores - and that the Sprint 'store' would only take up about 30% of the floor space. What are they going to do with the remainder?