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8A • February 27, 2015 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com Seaside electronics store unfazed BU SIN E SS by recent Radio Shack bankruptcy DIRE CT ORY EO Media Group It’s business as usual at Kennell’s Electronics in Sea- side, despite Radio Shack’s GHFLVLRQWR¿OHIRUEDQNUXSW- cy protection. 7KH 5DGLR 6KDFN IUDQ- chise store will continue to have everyday electronics needs, said Nate Keck, assis- tant manager. 5DGLR6KDFN¿OHG&KDSWHU 11 in bankruptcy court Feb. 4. The Seaside store has been ¿HOGLQJFDOOVIURPFRQFHUQHG customers ever since. 7KHIRONVDW.HQQHOOVDLG the writing was on the wall ORQJ EHIRUH WKH EDQNUXSWF\ ¿OLQJ The store is owned by Dan Kennell and operated with KHOSIURP.HFNKLVPRWKHU retired school teacher Nancy .HQQHOO DQG KLV IDWKHU 9DQ Kennell. They’ve been ordering VRPH PHUFKDQGLVH IURP WKLUGSDUW\YHQGRUVIRU\HDUV They’re not alone. ³0RVW IUDQFKLVHV KDYH been getting third-party be- cause the margin’s better,” Nancy Kennell said. The Kennells have a laun- GU\ OLVW RI FRPSODLQWV ZLWK Radio Shack’s operations, including its insistence that they carry certain products ZKHQ WKH\ ¿UVW ERXJKW WKH MIKE WILLIAMS — EO MEDIA GROUP Nate Keck, assistant manager at Kennell’s Electronics in Seaside, helps customers. The store is making the transition from Radio Shack franchise to electronics store. store nine years ago. The PHUFKDQGLVH MXVW GLGQ¶W ¿W the community, Nancy Ken- nell said. ³:H¶UH QRW 3RUWODQG we’re not a big city,” she said. “We match our products to our community. We’re going to stock what our community needs.” She declined to say ex- actly what products Radio Shack pushed on the store, but said the upscale items GLGQ¶W ¿W LQ ZLWK ZKDW WKH community wanted. ³, ¿QDOO\ SXW P\ IRRW down,” she said. 2YHU WKH QH[W IHZ ZHHNV WKH IDPLOLDU 5DGLR 6KDFN logo will start disappearing IURP WKH VWRUH DW 6 Roosevelt Drive as signs are replaced and Radio Shack merchandise sells out. The store is having an (DUO\ 6SULQJ &OHDQLQJ 6DOH to move out the Radio Shack branded products. They’ll be replaced with merchandise IURP RWKHU YHQGRUV .HFN said. $V IRU WKH GLRGHV WUDQ- sistors and other small elec- tronic parts that built Radio Shack’s brand decades ago, Kennell’s has plenty in stock, DQG'DQ.HQQHOOLVFRQ¿GHQW KH¶VIRXQGDVXSSOLHUWRNHHS WKHSDUWVGUDZHUVIXOO Regular customers will notice very little, Keck said. 0RVWRILWZLOOEHEHKLQGWKH VFHQHVLVVXHVRIFKDQJLQJWKH business license, ordering and other things customers don’t see. “It’s going to be a very smooth transition.” The store will continue WR EH D IXOOVHUYLFH 9HUL]RQ Wireless store. They’re also KDSS\ WR RIIHU DVVLVWDQFH ZLWK HOHFWURQLFV IURP RWKHU service providers. Nancy Kennell said they can help with gadgets need- ing new batteries as well. She recently replaced the batteries in a Montgomery Ward garage door open- HU IRU D \HDUROG FXV- tomer. 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