Radio Shack announces second wave of Houston store closures



Keep going to see more companies that are on deathwatch in 2017. Radio Shack will close five stores in Houston, with more becoming Sprint retail locations.

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Radio Shack's death rattle is reverberating once again as the once-mighty electronics retailer files for bankruptcy a second time and announces a series of store closures in the Houston area.

The locations at 5804 Kirby Dr., 5858 S. Gessner Dr., 3212 Hillcroft, 5419 Bellaire Blvd. and 2920 Gulf Fwy. will all close by April.

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The Fort Worth-based chain, which also filed for bankruptcy in 2015, announced the closure of four Houston-area stores with a list of inventory clearance sales on its website. Consumerist posted a full list of stores closing nationwide.

James, a sales associate at the Kirby location who declined to give his last name, said the corporate office told the store in early March that the last day of business would be Sunday.

The Bellaire Triangle and Gessner locations will close on March 28 and the Hillcroft store on March 31.

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Employees at the five affected stores declined to say if they would be transferred to other stores or would be losing their jobs, or if they would be receiving severance pay. The Fort Worth office declined to comment on the closures.

At its peak, Radio Shack had over 80 stores in Greater Houston. When the chain filed for bankruptcy in 2015, 32 of the 77 locations were originally slated to be closed with 20 actually shuttering, Swamplot reported.