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August 04, 2014 RadioShack Opens 21 Interactive Stores In S.F. Fort Worth, Texas — RadioShack is opening 21 interactive remodeled stores in the San Francisco Bay area. Walmart Cuts Prices For Back-To-School, Launches Price-Match Tool Bentonville, Ark. — Walmart announced a series of back-to-school promotions on more 400 in-store and online items, and formally debuted an online Savings Catcher tool that will provide gift cards for after-the-fact pricing differences.  hhgregg's Fiscal Q1 Report Disappoints Indianapolis — hhgregg had a disappointing fiscal first quarter with a deeper net loss, a 10 percent drop in net sales and a similar loss in comp-store sales. Saunders Joins Conn's Board The Woodlands, Texas — Conn's announced William E. Saunders, Jr. has been appointed to its board of directors, effective today. PowerHouse To Carry Yamaha A/V Lineup Pittsburgh — The PowerHouse Alliance has added Yamaha to its list of preferred vendors, supporting the brand's specialty audio/video products for residential and commercial integration.  Nunez Named Samsung Sales VP At Climatic Columbia, S.C. — Climatic Home Products has named Felix Nunez sales VP of Samsung. Executive Insight: Reversing the $16 Billion Return Tsunami By David Happe Numerous research reports have been done on the multibillion-dollar plague of consumer remorse returns, hitting the electronics industry's feather thin margins hard.  Placing Your Bets: The Future Of Wearable Tech From smart watches and smart glasses to fitness trackers and health monitoring devices, wearable devices are emerging as part of an industry-wide surge of new, innovative technologies rapidly coming to market. Join TWICE Managing Editor John Laposky, New Age Electronics President Fred Towns, CEA Senior Manager of Business Intelligence Jack Cutts and other industry leaders for a discussion on the outlook of wearables as this hot product category continues to emerge. By attending, you'll gain insight into where the wearable technology market is headed and walk away knowing exactly where to place your bets now through the holiday selling season and into 2015. Please take the TWICE Readership Survey!

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