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RadioShack Q3 Sales Slip 3%

Fort Worth, Texas – RadioShack said third-quarter profits fell 24
percent to $37.4 million and net sales slipped 3.1 percent to $990 million for
the three months ended Sept. 30.

Same same-store sales at company-owned stores and kiosks decreased
2.9 percent due to slower sales of digital converter boxes, laptop computers, batteries,
wireless accessories and GPS devices.

Declines in those categories were “substantially offset” by
increases in RadioShack’s Sprint Nextel postpaid wireless business; greater
sales of netbooks, prepaid wireless handsets and airtime; and by the addition last
summer of T-Mobile as a postpaid wireless carrier.

The chain said net sales fell 3.5 percent at company-owned
stores, 5.1 percent online, 15.7 percent at dealer-owned stores, and 17.8
percent at kiosks, the later due to a reduced number of locations.

“Other” sales were up 13.5 percent, due largely to the addition
of RadioShack’s Mexican operation, which was acquired in December 2008.

Jim Gooch, executive VP and chief financial officer, said the company’s
financial performance improved in the latter part of the quarter thanks to
strength in its wireless business and “an economy showing some signs of
potential stabilization.”

Chairman/CEO Julian Day described “The Shack” marketing campaign
as a key strategic effort, and said it will continue to fine-tune and invest in
the rebranding program following a successful launch this summer.

Day added that the recent addition of T-Mobile to its stores and
Verizon Wireless to its Sam’s Club kiosks “further enhances our mobility
proposition.”

Looking ahead, the
company continues to peg capital expenditures for the full year at between $75
million and $100 million

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