Shortly after RadioShack filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, stores near us closed down and emptied out.

Good time to read Jon Bois’s stories on working for RadioShack through the course of its decline:

• A eulogy for RadioShack, the panicked and half-dead retail empire
• adioS: The end of RadioShack, through the eyes of a store manager

Older article of interest from a former employee: 6 Confessions Of A Former RadioShack Employee (2008) — and a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” thread by an employee as of three months ago.