Here's a yet to be edited clip I will be posting to my blog tomorrow that kind of sort of relates to the thread. I embellished it a bit at the end to fit the theme of things here.
And if all else is equal (mostly) please remember to try and buy local! ----- Radio Shack was the official sponsor of the Rolling Stones 2006 Fall tour! Get it... RS sponsors RS. It is not clearly known how much the Shack paid the Stones. And it is not well understood how this arrangement benefited the Shack (RSH)? RSH Ticker - Jan 2005: $34 RSH Ticker - Current: $17.29. Between the time the tour sponsorship was announced in late July when RSH was at $16, and mid October when the price peaked at $20.50, the stock price gained 25%. Then abruptly came back down to low of $16.80 and at the end of October settled at $17.50, matching the 10% price gain the Dow also showed during the same time range. And just after Thanksgiving, when the Stones fall tour concluded, RSH was at $17.51 (where it also opened today). So for comparison, since the tour sponsorship was announced, RSH is up 7.5% and falling, whereas the Dow is up 12%. Note the grand finale of the Radio Shack sponsorship included the big grand prize give away to lucky fans including trips to the Stones last show of the tour in Hawaii. But that went bust when the Stones cancelled the show to Jagger throat issues. Even a Mr. Microphone from Radio Shack could not save the show. So the end effect of the tour sponsorship? You make the call. News and press releases from 2006 report RSH closed 500+ stores, shut down distribution centers, and implemented a "planned" lay off of 500+ workers at it's Ft. Worth headquarters (notifying many of them of their doom via email). And not to forget that the CEO, CFO, president/COO and some board members resigned. It is worth noting, that in addition to the severance package provided to the former CEO, he is receiving a half mil a year thru 2008 for "strategic planning work". And third quarter 2006 results show a 16 million loss during the quarter, compared to 100 million profit in the third quarter 2005. Q3-06 same store sales down 9.6% compared to Q3-05. But they did pay the $0.25 dividend. On the flip side the Stones cost $180 per ticket in Nampa (plus T-shirt/dinner/drinks/motel/gas/driving time/two-days-off-work). (Could have purchased a couple routers and some accessories and a Mr. Microphone from Radio Shack for the price of a Stones ticket. But I'm sure memories of the Stones show will out last both 802.11g and Radio Shack). Seeing how well Keith recovered after falling out of the Fiji palm tree, it appears the Rolling Stones might be needed to sponsor the Radio Shack 2007 Big Turnaround. Maybe Radio Shack should change their name to Rolling Stones Electronics and begin using the big lips logo. Start Me Up! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 10:35 PM Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Linksys router WRT54GL (was AVG) Sounds like to me these red faces are like the Radio Shack Sales genies - not that smart know it alls! Hmm, just what I call the RS syndrome. At least they learned how to use the internet from an well informed computer user, geek and tiger. And with the complete finish and toping on the plate with Mr O., cool ending to the saga. Jeff _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
