the last elective brookstone mind you, i owned -- full disclosure. shares when i was a portfolio manager long time ago. it was a small holding. they had about 300 stores, 500 stores. for them to add 500 more stores, for amazon to add 500 doors for sprint to do that -- it would really change all those businesses in a very public way. >> amazon, because they have truly global reach, amazon, 500 stores would be something like 10 in each major metropolitan area. so that's really not that many. i think amazon is the one of those who can actually go up higher. the sprint doesn't make sense to me. i don't know how many stores they own i do know at&t's numbers. at&t only owns 1200 other 4900 stores. the rest are third-party run and operated under the at&t brand. it would surprise me if sprint really wants that many stores, and i can't conceive but they wouldn't want a more corporate owned stores and at&t has. there multiples their size. and it were talking 500, maybe 1000 and amazon is a liar. i don't think you see all 4000 stores salvaged. >> some irony we'

brookstone? have this story next comment and you can find on bloomberg.com, apple tv, and amazon fire. ♪ ♪ cory: you are watching "bloomberg west," will refocus on the future of business and innovation. radioshack has more than 4000 stores in the u.s. that is four times as many stores as asked by. on the verge of a bankruptcy filing, radioshack in deep, deep water. could amazon be coming in to throw them a life raft? glamorous long beach california, joining us from there is michael. this radioshack story, it really is a technology company focused on bringing technology to the masses and has been for a long time, and they have just fallen on their face. michael: the emphasis is on the masses, and radioshack has morphed into more of a convenience store, so they are a great place for a hobbyist to go, so if you want to build a ham radio, of course you go there, but they really have devolved into the place where grandma buys hearing aid batteries for grandpa, and the problem i think that they had wit

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you know what they say when god closes a sky mall, he opens a brookstone. [ cheers and applause ] funnylove the sky mall catalogue. i know every item in a sky mall catalog but i've never bought anything from them, which had me wondering. we sent a camera out on hollywood boulevard to see how long would it take to find anyone who has actually purchased something from sky mall. >> have you ever bought anything from sky mall? >> no. >> have you ever bought anything from sky mall? >> yes. no. >> you've never bought anything from sky mall? >> no. >> excuse me, have you ever bought anything from sky mall? >> i don't know. >> have you? >> no. >> you? anyone? no. four noes. have you ever bought anything from sky mall? >> no. i didn't. >> have you ever bought anything from sky mall? can i have a pretzel? thanks. have you ever purchased anything on sky mall? have you? >> absolutely not. >> have you ever bought anything from sky mall? >> absolutely. no, i haven't. >> have you ever bought anything from sky mall? >> i don't know what it is. i'm from london. >> have you ever bought anything from sky

radio shack has been this talks with potential bidders like amazon spring and brookstone to operate undert basis them or co-brown the store. radio shock has not made a profit in two years were. >> they lost their niche so to speak, niche of the place that hobbyist could go it was fine but it became a consumer electronics store in a crowded field. >> emhighway hes have been instructed to ship inventory to other stores and slash prices on everything else. >> that is a limited amount of stuff on the shelves versus unlimited stuff online. >> we would like some rainy weather to see the sunny and warm and dry weather. mike? >> drive my car i bought at radio shack for the rain and snow. we will look at live doppler hd, and necessity need for the umbrella today with the storm track pushing back to the north and high pressure is dominating our weather again. here is a look at 101 and 880 in san jose where we have the worst air quality not to the threshold of being unhealthy but it is at our heels and the north bay is where the air quality management district things will have the poorest air qualit

sprint and amazon and brookstone and people within radioshack think there is a way to shut down the realkeep the brand alive. if the location was ok, what they were putting into those locations was the problem. i have spoken to people, and they said the management is very resistant to change. let's not forget, in a turnaround plan, they offered up -- talk about slicing the marketing budget after running weird ads at the super bowl. they are vacillating from one idea to the next without having a clear goal. >> so much about retailing is real estate. how good is real estate -- radioshack's real estate? >> they have about 4000 stores. that was a big advantage for the retailer for a while. it has been a big problem lately . it wanted to close down 1000 stores, its lenders did not want to let that happen, because they figured, even if you close down the store, you will still go to bankruptcy. >> did the lenders truly believe in radioshack? >> to the -- they do not own a lot of the stores. there are 900 stores that operate in a franchise model. these are leases, but they are long-term leases a

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