In article M7kxe.89455$HI.7853@edtnps84,
NSM wrote:
Maplin were originally mainly mail order suppliers of electronic
components. Then got themselves a high street presence country wide.
Which requires a constant reasonable turnover and profit to maintain.
As the demand for electronic components reduced, they diversified into
things like Hi-fi accessories, phones, ICE, computer bits and
accessories etc. The sort of things you won't find easily on the high
street. And seem to be doing reasonably well.

There used to be various chains in the US also - all gone except for the
Shack now.

What Maplin seem to do is to employ at least one geek in every shop. Get
hold of him or her and you might just get some useful advice.

Tandy as I remember it employed McDonald's rejects.

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