TWICE - August 28, 2006

What a difference a couple of decades make. In the quicksilver world of consumer electronics retailing, where 19 years ago may as well have been the 19th century, the CE dealer landscape was an alternate universe of sorts. RadioShack was the 600-pound gorilla in electronics, with close to $3 billion in sales, while Kmart was the No.

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