CLOSE Radio Shack is using Twitter to highlight its final days as a brand. Time 
 
 A man walks past a RadioShack storefront in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York (Photo: Drew Angerer, Getty Images) 
 
 Electronics retailer RadioShack has closed more than 1,000 stores since Memorial Day weekend and has become a virtual goner, saying it will only have 70 company-owned stores remaining by Thursday. 
 
 The chain held a giant liquidation sale over the weekend "before we close the stores for good," it said in a statement. Also remaining are about 500 dealer-owned stores. 
 
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 The meltdown of what was once one of America's best-known chains represents a strange turn of events considering it was only in March that parent General Wireless Operations filed for bankruptcy protection and proposed closing only about 200 RadioShack stores. 
 
 But at the time, General Wireless left the door open to closing more — though few observers expected the numbers to top 1,000 soon. 
 
 Now, the remaining company-owned stores will include only seven states, with the greatest concentration in New York, Pennsylvania and RadioShack's native Texas. 
 
 In its heyday, Fort Worth-based RadioShack had 7,300 stores and could claim that it had a store within three miles of 95% of all American households. It was a regular stop for consumers for all nature of electronics — from stereos to walkie talkies. It also became a regular stop for incidental items like cables or antennae to hook up a TV set, batteries for toys or transistor radios or early laptop computers like the TRS-80. 
 
 But like so many other retailers, it has become a victim of the Internet. Now, when people need electronic gear, more than ever they turn to online retailers. 
 
 RadioShack began in Boston in 1921. 
 
 As for the RadioShack authorized dealers, many appear similar to the company owned stores, having stocked RadioShack-branded merchandise. Others differ by carrying items that wouldn't be found in the company-owned stores. 
 
 Here are the 70 company-owned stores that will be left: 
 
 COLORADO 
 
 COLO SPRINGS-SOUTHGATE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 
 
 BOULDER-MARSHALL PLAZA, BOULDER CO 
 
 AURORA-PEORIA ST AURORA CO 
 
 GOLDEN-GOLDEN RD, GOLDEN CO 
 
 DENVER-16TH STREET MALL, DENVER CO 
 
 MARYLAND 
 
 FREDERICK FSK MALL, FREDERICK MD 
 
 BETHESDA-MONTGOMERY MALL, BETHESDA MD 
 
 NEW JERSEY 
 
 TOMS RIVER-TOMS RIVER SC, TOMS RIVER NJ 
 
 W ORANGE-ESSEX GREEN, WEST ORANGE NJ 
 
 KEARNY-PASSAIC AVE., KEARNY NJ 
 
 MASSACHUSETTS 
 
 CAMBRIDGE-MASS AVE CAMBRIDGE MA 
 
 QUINCY-QUINCY AVE., QUINCY MA 
 
 GLOUCESTER-CAPE ANN, GLOUCESTER MA 
 
 GREAT BARRINGTON-PLAZA GRT BARRINGTON MA 
 
 FALMOUTH-MAIN ST., FALMOUTH MA 
 
 WILMINGTON-PLAZA WILMINGTON MA 
 
 SWAMPSCOTT-MALL, SWAMPSCOTT MA 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 WATERTOWN-NICHOLS, WATERTOWN NY 
 
 FRANKLIN SQ-FRANKLIN AVE FRANKLIN SQUARE NY 
 
 WEBSTER-PLAZA, WEBSTER NY 
 
 FOREST HILLS-CONTINENTAL FOREST HILLS NY 
 
 LOCKPORT-TRANSIT RD LOCKPORT NY 
 
 KINGSTON-KINGSTON PLAZA KINGSTON NY 
 
 NEW YORK WASH CRT, NEW YORK NY 
 
 HUDSON-FAIRVIEW, HUDSON NY 
 
 YONKERS-CENTRAL PARK YONKERS NY 
 
 NECA-UNION RD W SENECA NY 
 
 BRIDGEHAMPTON-COMMONS BRIDGEHAMPTON NY 
 
 QUEENSBURY-ROUTE, QUEENSBURY NY 
 
 RENSSELAER-COUNTY PLAZA, RENSSELAER NY 
 
 BAY SHORE-SUNRISE HWY, BAY SHORE NY 
 
 NEW YORK-23RD ST, NEW YORK NY 
 
 BUFFALO-DELAWARE, BUFFALO NY 
 
 NORTHPORT-FORT SALONGA, NORTHPORT NY 
 
 SUNNYSIDE-QUEENS SUNNYSIDE NY 
 
 CARMEL-PUTNAM, CARMEL NY 
 
 SCHENECTADY-BALLTOWN RD SCHENECTADY NY 
 
 BROOKLYN-MANHATTAN, BROOKLYN NY 
 
 NEW PALTZ-NEW PALTZ PLZ NEW PALTZ NY 
 
 PENNSYLVANIA 
 
 NEW HOPE LOGAN SQ NEW HOPE PA 
 
 WASHINGTON STRABANE SQ WASHINGTON PA 
 
 ASTORIA-BROADWAY SC ASTORIA NY 
 
 LANGHORNE-OXFORD LANGHORNE PA 
 
 LATROBE-LATROBE SHOP CTR LATROBE PA 
 
 DU BOIS-COMMONS DR DU BOIS PA 
 
 RED LION-CAPE HORN RD, RED LION PA 
 
 WEST CHESTER-PAOLI PIKE WEST CHESTER PA 
 
 KING OF PRUSSIA-PLAZA KING OF PRUSSIA PA 
 
 CLARKS SUMMIT-ABINGTON1 CLARKS SUMMIT PA 
 
 BALA CYNWYD-E CITY AVE, BALA CYNWYD PA 
 
 DOYLESTOWN-MAIN ST., DOYLESTOWN PA 
 
 ELIZABETHTOWN-KMART, ELIZABETHTOWN PA 
 
 ARDMORE-LANCASTER, ARDMORE PA 
 
 ALLENTOWN-TILGHMAN, ALLENTOWN PA 
 
 PHILA-CHESTNUT, PHILADELPHIA PA 
 
 YORK-LOUCKS, YORK PA 
 
 PAOLI-LANCASTER AVE, PAOLI PA 
 
 TEXAS 
 
 KERRVILLE-MAIN ST KERRVILLE TX 
 
 WEATHERFORD-S MAIN WEATHERFORD TX 
 
 PASADENA-SPENCER, PASADENA TX 
 
 THE WOODLANDS-SAWDUST, THE WOODLANDS TX 
 
 HOUSTON-THE PARK, HOUSTON TX 
 
 NEW BRAUNFELS-S WALNUT NEW BRAUNFELS TX 
 
 CONROE-TOWN CENTER N, CONROE TX 
 
 KATY-MKT AT VILLAGE CTR, KATY TX 
 
 SAN ANTONIO-CNTRYSD PLAZA SAN ANTONIO TX 
 
 WACO-W WACO DR WACO TX 
 
 MAGNOLIA-WESTWOOD VILLAGE, MAGNOLIA TX 
 
 SPRING-STUEBNER SPRING TX 
 
 TOMBALL-FM 2920 RD TOMBALL TX 
 
 Read or Share this story: https://usat.ly/2rrta0c ||||| RadioShack has been in the retail business for almost 100 years. The end isn’t nearly as promising as the beginning. 
 
 Over the Memorial Day weekend, RadioShack—which filed for bankruptcy twice in two years—closed over 1,000 stores, leaving just 70 corporate locations and 500 dealer stores in operation across the U.S. Throughout the weekend, the consumer electronics retailer announced a liquidation sale that played out on social media. Social media represents a new plot twist for America’s dying retailers: How do you toast a brand’s final days when the world is watching? 
 
 RadioShack opted for unadulterated bleakness. The company’s social media handle on Twitter shared photos that depicted the sale of store fixtures, $25 grab bags stuffed with items pieced at $5 apiece, and deeply discounted printers. Here are some tweets that highlighted the carnage. 
 
 Stop by your local #radioshack and make an offer on our retail fixtures! Talk to a store manager for pricing details https://t.co/WEnRMIYF77 pic.twitter.com/H2W5IgEznK — RadioShack (@RadioShack) May 30, 2017 
 
 Everything must go! Last minute deals on all of our supplies and equipment are available at select locations! https://t.co/WEnRMIYF77 pic.twitter.com/NQhNTuoF9y — RadioShack (@RadioShack) May 28, 2017 
 
 RadioShack, which generated nearly $6.3 billion in revenue at the company’s peak in 1996, saw sales sputter to under $3.5 billion less than two decades later as it failed to respond to the migration of consumer spending to online channels like Amazon.com (amzn). Electronics were one of the earliest consumer product categories to sell strongly online, resulting in price transparency that made it hard for physical retailers to compete. Best Buy (bby) has done a better job innovating to stay competitive, partly because it has focused on services to help it differentiate from the crowd. 
 
 But RadioShack, which operated over 7,300 stores at the company’s peak, will now only have 570 stores in total after the Memorial Day weekend closures. The press release it issued ahead of the weekend was equally bleak: “We all remember coming into RadioShack whether it was for the battery-of-the-month, new walkie-talkies, or to check out the newest RC toy cars. Many of these nostalgic items will be up for auction over the next 30 days.” 
 
 RadioShack isn’t the only well-known name that’s been stung by the shift in consumer spending on online rivals. Payless, Wet Seal and The Limited are among the names that have sought court protection in 2017. Hundreds of stores are shuttering this year. 
 
 Not all of those retailers are employing the same social media strategy that RadioShack is using as it announced a fire sale. Take the example of apparel retailer American Apparel. Here is a recent tweet from that company. 
 
 Happy Memorial Day from Downtown Los Angeles #AmericanApparel pic.twitter.com/xBexsMp7Rf — American Apparel (@americanapparel) May 29, 2017 
 
 What American Apparel doesn’t really signal in the company’s social media tweets: It closed the company’s U.S. store fleet earlier this year, as well as the company’s L.A. headquarters. Gildan Activewear (gil) paid $88 million for the brand and some manufacturing equipment, but not the physical stores. 
 
 But on Twitter (twtr), American Apparel is keen to tout fashion, not store fixtures. The chain has published tweets that highlighted deep discounts—touting an 80% sale in late March and a promotion for $3 kids gear a few weeks earlier. But all the tweets were accompanied by rosy images of slender models looking stylish. Bankruptcy is a humble process for any retailer, but American Apparel proves it doesn’t always have to look as depressing as RadioShack’s demise.
– As we all headed back to work after the Memorial Day weekend, little did we know that our options for purchasing germanium diodes, walkie-talkies, and electrolytic capacitors were starting to cruelly be yanked away. RadioShack has shuttered more than 1,000 of its storefronts since the holiday weekend and says it will have only 72 company-owned locations by Thursday, though USA Today was given a list that showed just 70, mostly in New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. There will still be 500 or so dealer-owned stores that carry RadioShack-branded products. It's an anticlimactic fadeaway for a chain that used to be one of the most well-known and ubiquitous electronics retailers in the country—it once boasted more than 7,000 stores—and it was done in by online shopping, filing for bankruptcy twice within a two-year span, per USA Today. Fortune laments the online "carnage" that played out on Twitter as RadioShack offered a massive liquidation sale over the weekend, in which it opted for "unadulterated bleakness" as it tried to answer a question spurred by today's social media: "How do you toast a brand's final days when the world is watching?" Tweets included photos of empty store display equipment now up for purchase, as well as products with hugely slashed prices and "grab-bag" events. "This could be your last chance to shop at #radioshack. See if a location near you is closing forever!" read one of the store's posts. A press release offered a similarly poignant announcement: "Many … nostalgic items will be up for auction over the next 30 days." (So much for Nick Cannon helping transform the retailer into the "must visit electronics destination.")