Business Fry’s Electronics permanently closing all stores nationwide

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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) – Fry’s Electronics is going out of business.

KRON4 has confirmed that the iconic Bay Area retailer is permanently closing the doors of all stores nationwide.

The company is expected to post closure information on its website early Wednesday.

Fry’s has more than two dozen stores mainly across California and Texas.

There are 6 stores in Northern California, 8 in Southern California, 8 in Texas, 2 in Arizona, and one store each in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.

There is a unique theme to each store. The Bay Area locations are:
  • Fremont: 1893 World’s Fair
  • San Jose: First astronomers, the Mayans, with settings from Chichenitza
  • Sunnyvale: History of Silicon Valley
The Concord location was still a “work in progress” and was not yet given a theme.

According to the company website, Fry’s was founded in Sunnyvale in 1985 by the three Fry brothers – John, Randy, and Dave – and Kathy Kolder.

The company aimed to “provide a one-stop-shopping environment for the Hi-Tech Professional,” selling over 50,000 electronic items in each store, which ranged anywhere between 50,000 to 180,000 square feet.

It is unclear at this time why the company is closing.
 
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Damn. I used to live near one, and it was one of my favorite stores. I knew it was only a matter of time, but it still hurts to hear.
 
I was just at a Fry's right before SuperBowl Sunday. They didn't have shit. Not even a single high end TV on display. So management definitely knew this was coming.

I'll miss the awesome front displays, beyond that you've got Newegg and Amazon selling all electronics online and BestBuy has made a miraculous comeback. RIP Fry's.
 
Didn't live in an area that had a frys until just a few years ago. The first and only time I went in the place last month it was totally dead. Barely anything was stocked and what was stocked were shitty looking off brand products. It was sad.
 
Gensou Hadou said:
Damn. I used to live near one, and it was one of my favorite stores. I knew it was only a matter of time, but it still hurts to hear.
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Same, got my first GPU from one, it sucks, but yeah, they didn't keep up very well and it really felt like it was only a matter of time until shit hit the fan.
 
Wish I was there for the firesale

Anyway, why not go online instead of just bankrupt?
 
as shitty as fry's was, it says a lot when the only brick and mortar electronics stores left are best buy and, if you're lucky, micro center
 
Isn't this the store that had more bare shelves than the looted stores in the ghetto?
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Holy crap. I was just googling yesterday to see if any are still open in my state. That's sad. I loved that place. I guess Microcenter is the only old school computer store in existence anymore. (:_(
 
The Fry's local to me hasn't been stocking their shelves for at least two years now. That place was a wonderland in my teens and 20s to find whatever odds and ends I needed for projects.

Sad to see it go. thankfully I have a MicroCenter at least.
 
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