iTalk Inc. (fka TALK)

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Looks like Sprint retail stores through Radio Shack did not workout as planned. Maybe they/some will become $TALK retail stores if the merger goes through.

Sprint retail partner RadioShack has filed for bankruptcy for the second time in just over two years.
The companies had teamed up in 2015 after the troubled electronics retailer was emerging from a bankruptcy reorganization. Sprint and RadioShack signs shared the front of stores as the Overland Park-based wireless carrier hoped the quick and low-cost expansion of its retail footprint would help attract subscribers.

It proved less successful than at least RadioShack had hoped, and it is closing about 200 stores and evaluating options on the remaining 1,300.

http://www.kansascity.com/news/business/technology/article137389998.html

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July 2015.
Sprint (NYSE: S) is rapidly expanding its retail distribution with its “store-within-a-store” concept at co-branded RadioShack locations.

General Wireless Operations announced today that it completed the purchase of the RadioShack brand, securing Sprint’s ability to quickly expand its presence and give consumers access to industry-first leasing plans and the latest devices. Sprint will have a presence in 1,435 Sprint-RadioShack stores by the first week of July. About 300 stores will be completely renovated to the new store-within-a-store model at that time, with the remainder scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. These stores will have new signage, new fixtures and a look-and-feel that is similar to other Sprint-owned stores.

The addition of the Sprint-RadioShack stores expands Sprint’s total retail footprint to approximately 4,500 locations in the United States.