What's especially stupid is that the maker economy, as it's now called, is very much of interest to young people and Radio Shack totally missed the boat on that by becoming a phone store. The old Radio Shack (the one that made money) sold parts for people who wanted to build electronics. That field is hotter than ever.
I had hoped that maybe Home Depot would have swooped in at the last minute and bought up RadioShack as they're at different ends of the DIY market and could have had some good crossover opportunities. And maybe Home Depot could have created some maker spaces in their big box stores. Anyone who has had anything cut at Home Depot has likely seen the "No precision cuts" signs, but what if that was a premium service one could purchase? Laser cut plywood? Waterjet cut aluminum panels? Might not have been a market for it in every store but I'd like to think it could have worked at a couple of locations in each large metro and maybe trickled down from there.
Radio Shack missed a whole fleet of boats over the years.