When I was young, I practically lived in that store. Then it just sort of vanished. Recently I looked on the web and found a company in Ohio (not Akron), bearing the same name, but it did not specify what they do.
I miss that store and others like it. These days the only way to get parts is mail order it seems. That takes the fun out of it. Kind of seems that building electronics projects is a thing of the past. I guess these days it's cheaper to buy the cheap throwaway stuff made in foreign countries. Even Popular Electronics and similar magazines are all gone. Sad but true. I guess the kids growing up today will only be able to remember talking on cellphones when someone asks them what they did in their youth (40 years from now).