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- In October 2022, Allied announced they would be changing their name to RS in Q1 2023 as part of an overall rebranding strategy to establish a better connection across RS Group’s products and services. On February 6, 2023, the name change became official.
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The retail division was merged with Tandy's retail unit to become Allied Radio Shack. But as a result of the merger, many major shopping centers would have two Allied Radio Shack stores competing for the same dollars.
In 1970, the Tandy Corporation, Radio Shack's former parent company, purchased Allied Radio, the consumer division, along with Allied Electronics, the industrial division. [4] In 1999, Allied became the North American division of Electrocomponents. In 2016, Allied expanded into South America with a full-service office in Santiago, Chile, and in ...
In 1970, Tandy Corporation bought Allied Radio Corporation (both retail and industrial divisions), merging the brands into Allied Radio Shack and closing duplicate locations. After a 1973 federal government review, the company sold off the few remaining Allied retail stores and resumed using the Radio Shack name.
Nov 21, 2023 · Allied Radio and its retail stores faded away into obscurity after 1973 and Radio Shack continued on, but it makes you wonder what would have happened and how their history would differ if the federal government had not forced them to break up the merger.
Feb 6, 2023 · Allied Electronics and Automation now officially known as RS. https://www.automationmag.com/allied-officially-known-as-rs/. In 1999, Electrocomponents Group (London, UK) acquired Allied Radio/Allied Electronics brand name and commercial parts business from Tandy/Radio Shack USA (Fort Worth, TX).
Jun 3, 2011 · In 1974, Radio Shack was ordered by the FTC to sell Allied. Schaak Electronic from St. Paul, MN bought Allied and retained most of the stores in Chicago and Milwaukee. Within a year or two, Schaak closed all the former Allied locations in Chicago, but kept the two in Milwaukee.
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Mar 17, 2003 · Dallas, Tx.— (AP)—LTV Ling Altec Inc., has sold Allied Radio Corp., headquartered in Chicago, to Tandy Corp. of Fort Worth for about $30,000,000, company officials said. A Ling Altec spokesman said the transaction included some $12,000,000 in cash with Ling Altec retaining certain Allied assets.
