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In 1999 the UK stores were sold to [[Carphone Warehouse]], and over the following years have either been closed, or turned into Carphone Warehouse stores. Some of these stores were sold to a new company called [http://www.t2retail.co.uk/about.asp T2] which continued the RadioShack style theme. Lately, many of these stores have closed down, though T2 has a strong presence online and has a wide range of RadioShack products.
 
In 2001 the Australian stores were sold to [[Dick Smith Electronics]] (DSE), a subsidiary of [[Woolworths Limited]]. AsMost of 2010 allAustralian Tandy stores in Australia have been closed or re-badgedrebranded as Dick Smith, Electronics.and only four Tandy stores remained as of June 2011.[http://www.current.com.au/2011/07/21/article/Dick-Smith-rebranding-helps-to-boost-sales/POEJUTKGGU.html]
 
In [[Canada]], the InterTAN stores were sold to rival [[Circuit City (1949–2009 company)|Circuit City]] Inc. At that time, the stores were branded as RadioShack, however, because Circuit City lost the naming rights, all RadioShacks were re-branded as "[[The Source by Circuit City]]" (now called just The Source.) Some have closed.