Exhibit 10(a)
                        FIRST AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED
                         AND RESTATED LICENSE AGREEMENT
                                    (Canada)

This First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated License Agreement is dated
as of August 31, 2001, between TRS Quality, Inc. ("TRS") and InterTAN Canada
Ltd. ("ITC").

WHEREAS, TRS and ITC entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated
License Agreement on May 1, 2001 (the "Agreement");

WHEREAS, TRS has been requested by ITC to approve a specific form of sublicense
of TRS-owned intellectual property from ITC to a third party corporation.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, it is agreed as follows:

1. A new provision, designated as paragraph 3C., shall be added to the Agreement
immediately following paragraph 3B thereof, and shall be as follows:

"Attached hereto and made a part of this Agreement is a new Addendum C which
sets forth the terms and conditions relating specifically to the authorized
sublicense from ITC to The Brick Warehouse Corporation regarding certain
intellectual property rights owned by TRS."

2. All other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain unchanged and in
full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this First Amendment to be
effective as of the day and year first above written.

                                            TRS QUALITY, INC.

                                            By: /s/ Joel H. Tiede
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                                                Joel H. Tiede
                                            Title: President

                                            INTERTAN CANADA LTD.

                                            By: /s/ Jeffrey A. Losch
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                                                Jeffrey A. Losch
                                            Title: Vice President & Secretary





                                   Addendum C

       InterTAN Canada Ltd. Sublicense to The Brick Warehouse Corporation

General Statement
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ITC has, as of the date hereof, entered into with The Brick Warehouse
Corporation ("Brick") that certain Agreement (the "ITC/Brick Agreement").

The ITC/Brick Agreement contemplates the grant of certain sublicense rights from
ITC to Brick relating to the use of certain intellectual property rights owned
by TRS Quality, Inc. (the "RadioShack Marks") and licensed from TRS to ITC under
the Second Amended and Restated License Agreement dated May 1, 2001 (as hereby
amended) between such parties (the "Agreement"). TRS is willing to authorize the
contemplated sublicense from ITC to Brick on the terms and conditions as
specified below, which shall each be in addition to any of the terms and
conditions of the Agreement. Any capitalized term used herein which is not
otherwise defined shall have the meaning as set forth in the Agreement.

Sublicense Terms and Conditions
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1.   ITC is hereby authorized to grant to Brick a sublicense to use the
     RadioShack Marks as contemplated under the ITC/Brick Agreement, the form
     and content of which has been approved by TRS. ITC agrees to use its best
     efforts to police Brick's use of the RadioShack Marks consistent with its
     current obligations under the Agreement.

2.   ITC shall have no rights of further sublicense to any party other than
     Brick. ITC shall have no right to assign its interest under the ITC/Brick
     Agreement, nor shall ITC permit Brick to assign its rights under the
     ITC/Brick Agreement, unless and until the prior written consent of TRS is
     obtained. TRS may withhold such consent, in either event, with or without
     cause in its sole discretion.

3.   As contemplated under the ITC/Brick Agreement, any time ITC and Brick
     determine in the future to jointly make decisions regarding, among other
     things, the use of product tagging or labeling, graphical depictions,
     taglines, promotional materials, etc., which involve in any manner the use
     of a RadioShack Mark, ITC shall seek the prior written approval of TRS,
     unless it is clear to ITC under all of the relevant circumstances, that
     such proposed usage of any RadioShack Mark is in full accordance with TRS's
     then current Graphics Standards Manual and the Agreement. In the event ITC
     is required to obtain TRS's prior written approval, TRS will respond to ITC
     in a prompt manner, which in any event will not exceed three (3) business
     days after TRS's receipt of ITC's written request for such approval.

4.   TRS, acting itself or through its parent corporation, RadioShack
     Corporation, shall have the right to audit such books and records of ITC
     from time to time upon reasonable request and prior notice, relating to (i)
     the performance of ITC under the ITC/Brick Agreement with respect to ITC's
     obligations thereunder to prevent the shipment by ITC




     or Brick of any consumer electronics products (whether private label or
     nationally branded) from Canada into the United States, including in the
     District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands; (ii) the
     gross sales recorded by ITC as a result of the transactions contemplated
     under the ITC/Brick Agreement; and (iii) the proper usage of the RadioShack
     Marks in ITC's advertising and packaging.

5.   TRS may revoke ITC's right to sublicense the RadioShack Marks to Brick at
     any time, with immediate effect and without any liability therefor in any
     manner whatsoever, upon the occurrence of the following:

     (i)  TRS's discovery that consumer electronic product has been or is being
          shipped into the territories identified in 4(i) above in violation of
          the terms of the ITC/Brick Agreement;

     (ii) TRS's discovery of any under-reporting by ITC of its gross sales
          generated under the ITC/Brick Agreement; or

    (iii) ITC permits the persistence of an uncured breach, either by ITC or by
          Brick, under the ITC/Brick Agreement which directly or indirectly
          relates to or has an effect on any RadioShack Mark as determined in
          TRS's sole discretion, acting reasonably.

6.   Any breach by ITC of the terms and conditions of this Addendum C may, in
     TRS's sole discretion, be deemed to constitute a breach of the Agreement.

7.   ITC agrees to further indemnify and hold harmless TRS and those other
     entities or persons identified in Section 26 of the Agreement, to the
     fullest extent provided in the indemnity provisions of Section 26 of the
     Agreement, for any breach by Brick of any provisions of the ITC/Brick
     Agreement.

8.   To clarify the understanding and intentions of TRS and ITC, it is agreed
     that the gross sales generated by ITC under the ITC/Brick Agreement shall
     be subject to the royalty payment contemplated in Section 5 of the
     Agreement.

This Addendum C is dated as of August 31, 2001
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TRS QUALITY, INC.                             INTERTAN CANADA LTD.

By: /s/ Joel H. Tiede                         By: /s/ Jeffrey A. Losch
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Title: President                              Title: Vice President & Secretary