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According to analysts at FBR Capital Markets, some hardline retailers witnessed a year over year rise in traffic during Black Friday, driven by less retail capacity and the consumer electronics market.

Consumer doorbuster deals brought more consumers last Friday than on Black Friday last year. The liquidation of the Linens 'N Things and Circuit City chains could have helped the sales of hardline retailers, FBR Capital Markets says.

FBR Capital Markets reiterates its “outperform” rating on RadioShack (NYSE: RSH), Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Lowe's (NYSE: LOW). Home improvement companies are expected to post healthy results for Q4. The Q4 sales and EPS are likely to be ahead of expectations, FBR Capital Markets adds.

RadioShack (RSH) could be on the move today and is now at $18.89, up $0.51 (2.77%) on volume of 1,420,765 shares traded. Over the last 52 weeks the stock has...(Click the story link or go to http://www.marketintelligencecenter.com for the full story)

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The last time I went to RadioShack (RSH), I remember seeing the RadioShack TRS-80 Model II with Integral 8-inch Floppy Drive:

Ah the good old days.

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