"They actually do still carry a good variety of electronic components."
Yeah, I used to buy some components there when I was in school. To get a good multi-meter and a breadboard, I had to go elsewhere, though.
Not a big segment of the population bying individual electronic components.
True, but there may be a means for Radio Shack to reinvent itself into the component supplier of choice for industrial tech buyers like me. There's little market for them in the "civilian" sector, but guys like me (and there are many) really can use a small-volume, storefront supplier of these items.
Grainger and McMaster-Carr are great, but there are times when I simply cannot wait for things to be delivered the next day.