Editing RadioShack (section)

==== Battery of the Month ====
From the 1960s until the early 1990s, Radio Shack promoted a "battery of the month" club; a free [[wallet]]-sized [[cardboard]] card offered one free [[Enercell]] per month in-store.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19691124&id=N94jAAAAIBAJ&pg=1292,2214851|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal|title=full-page Radio Shack advertisement|page=15|date=November 24, 1969}}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Like the free [[vacuum tube]] testing offered in-store in the early 1970s,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19730118&id=DMhdAAAAIBAJ&pg=4048,2396113 |title=Advertisement for local Radio Shack store opening |publisher=Observer-Reporter, Washington, Pennsylvania |page=B5|date=January 18, 1973}}</ref> this small [[loss leader]] drew [[foot traffic]]. The cards also served as generic [[business cards]] for the salespeople.