Tandy Corporation [link]

Tandy Corporation - a leather supply company which subsequently became the RadioShack Corporation
- Tandy Leather Factory, founded in 1980 is the residual portion of Tandy Corporation which sells leather supplies.
- Tandy Computers was the computer division of the Tandy Corporation that manufactured the TRS-80 and Tandy Color Computer, among others.
  - Namesake computers of this company include the Tandy 1000 and the Tandy 2000.
- InterTAN, the now-defunct subsidiary for its British, European and Canadian outlets.
- Tandy (Australia) - former Australian subsidiary of the above retailer, now owned by Woolworths Limited

People [link]

James Napper Tandy, member of the Society of United Irishmen
Jessica Tandy, American film actress
Steven Tandy, Australian actor
Richard Tandy, Keyboardist for the Electric Light Orchestra
Ryan Tandy, Australian rugby league footballer

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Tandy (name)

Tandy is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Adam Tandy, British television producer

Charles D. Tandy (1918–1978), chairman of Tandy Corporation

David W. Tandy, American politician

Donald Tandy (born 1918), British actor

Ernest Tandy (1879–1953), English cricketer

George Tandy, Jr., American singer-songwriter

James Tandy (disambiguation), list of people with the name

Jessica Tandy (1909–1994), American film actress

Joe Tandy (1983–2009), British racing driver and team owner

Karen Tandy, former head of the Drug Enforcement Administration

Keith Tandy (born 1989), American football cornerback

Mark Tandy (disambiguation), list of people with the name

Meagan Tandy (born 1985), American actress and model

Nick Tandy (born 1984), British racecar driver

Richard Tandy (born 1948), keyboardist for Electric Light Orchestra

Russell H. Tandy (1891–1963), American illustrator

Ryan Tandy (1981–2014), Australian rugby league footballer

Sharon Tandy (born 1943), South African singer

Tandy Corporation

Tandy Leather, which later grew in to the Tandy Corporation, was a family-owned leather goods company based in Fort Worth, Texas. Tandy Leather was founded in 1919 as a leather supply store, and acquired a number of craft retail companies, including RadioShack in 1963. In 2000, the Tandy Corporation name was dropped and entity became the RadioShack Corporation, selling The Tandy Leather name and operating assets to The Leather Factory.

History

Tandy began in 1919 when two friends, Norton Hinckley and Dave L. Tandy, decided to start the Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company and concentrated their efforts on selling sole leather and other supplies to shoe repair dealers in Texas. Hinckley and Tandy opened their first branch store in 1927 in Beaumont, Texas and in 1932, Dave Tandy moved the store from Beaumont to Houston, Texas. Tandy's business survived the economic storms of the Depression, gathered strength and developed a firm presence in the shoe findings business.

Dave Tandy had a son, Charles Tandy, who was drafted into the business during his early twenties. Charles obtained a B.A degree at Texas Christian University then began attending the Harvard Business School to further expand his education. As World War II escalated Charles was called to serve his country in the military and relocated to Hawaii. He wrote his father from overseas suggesting that leathercraft might offer new possibilities for growing the shoe finding business since the same supplies were used widely in Navy and Army hospitals and recreation centers. Leathercraft gave the men something useful to do and their handiwork, in addition to being therapeutic, had genuine value.