What the Radio Shack TV commercial - Just Wrong is about.
The Radio Shack TV Spot, 'Just Wrong' is a humorous and entertaining commercial that features a frustrated customer who is tired of being given terrible advice by the staff at a big-box electronics store. In the ad, a man is seen wandering around an electronics store, looking for help with his shopping. He approaches various employees who give him terrible advice that ultimately leads to his frustration. Finally, he bursts out of the store, exclaiming "This is just wrong!"
The ad then cuts to a scene of the man strolling into a Radio Shack store, where he is greeted by a friendly and helpful employee. The employee quickly assesses the man's needs and offers him the perfect solution, much to the customer's delight. The tagline for the commercial is "Radio Shack. You've got questions, we've got answers."
The TV spot was designed to poke fun at the impersonal and frustrating experience of shopping at a big-box electronics store, while highlighting Radio Shack's commitment to providing personalized and knowledgeable customer service. The ad has been widely praised for its humor and creativity, and it helped to solidify Radio Shack's position as a leading provider of electronic products and services.
Radio Shack TV commercial - Just Wrong produced for
Radio Shack
was first shown on television on January 27, 2013.
Frequently Asked Questions about radio shack tv spot, 'just wrong'
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A radio shack is a room or structure used for housing radio equipment.
The company was started as Radio Shack in 1921 by two brothers, Theodore and Milton Deutschmann, who wanted to provide equipment for the new field of amateur radio (also known as ham radio). The brothers opened a one-store retail and mail-order operation in the heart of downtown Boston at 46 Brattle Street.
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By the mid-2000s, RadioShack was facing financial decline. In February 2015, after years of management crises, poor worker relations, diminished revenue, and 11 consecutive quarterly losses, RadioShack was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange and subsequently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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A radio shack was a small structure on a ship that kept the radio equipment at the time. The name was derived from that slightly more generic term, given that one group of customers were radio officers outfitting ships. By 1939 they would print a catalog and ship equipment over mail as well.
A radio shack is a room or structure used for housing radio equipment.
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