Radio Shack Closings: 25 Mass. Locations Shuttering

Radio Shack, the gadget and electronic parts retailer, is closing hundreds of stores during the next two weeks, including 25 Massachusetts locations, many of which are in the process of holding “everything must go” sales. More than 550 stores across the country — more than a third — are closing this month after the company filed for bankruptcy for a second time, according to BusinessInsider.com.

Nearly 190 stores will close immediately and another 365 will close by April. Another 1,000 stores will remain on an evaluation list to see if they remain viable. The report noted that the stores that were closing “reflected the lowest sales velocity and highest rent” within the company.

The announcement comes just two years after the company closed around 1,800 stores in a restructuring effort after posting hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. The company closed more than 1,000 stores in 2014 after posting sales losses in 2012 and 2013. At that time, the company had around 4,300 stores.

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According to Business Insider, the following stores will close:

1. 314 Pond St, Ashland
2. 1334 Beacon St, Brookline
3. 723 Belmont St, Brockton
4. 344A Cambridge St, Woburn
5. Westgate Plaza 261 E Main St, Westfield
6. The Center At Lenox 489 Pittsfield Lenox Rd, Lenox,
7. Mall at Walpole, 110 Providence, E Walpole
8. Patriot Square, South Dennis
9. River City Zayre Plaza, 110 River St, Waltham
10. 270 New State Hwy, Raynham
11. Liberty Plaza, 192 Border St, E Boston
12. Fresh Pond Shopping Center, 178 Alewife Brook Pkwy, Cambridge
13. Northgate Shopping Center, 339 Squire Road, Revere
14. Brockton East Shopping Center, 740 Crescent St, Brockton
15. Mattapan Square, 1615 Blue Hill Ave, Mattapan
16. Mystic Mall, 164 Everett Ave, Chelsea
17. Boston St Plaza, 94 Boston St, Lynn
18. Blockbuster Pad, 155 Centre St, Malden
19. Dorchester Avenue, 1524 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester
20. Central Plaza, 96 Church St, Lowell, 01852
21. Century Shopping Center, 233 Memorial Ave, W Springfield
22. Massachusetts: Springfield Plaza, 1375 Liberty St, Springfield
23. Pittsfield Plaza, 686 Merrill Rd, Pittsfield
24. Chicopee Marketplace, 601 Memorial Dr, Chicopee
25. Webster Square Shopping Center, 68 Stafford St, Worcester

Story by Tony Schinella, Patch staff

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