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Fry’s Electronics, known for strange themes at some stores, from Aztec to ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ closes.
The go-to chain for technical scammers looking for an obscure part said in an online report on Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible to continue.
“The company will implement the strike through an orderly closing process that he believes will be in the best interests of the company, its creditors and other stakeholders,” Fry’s said in a statement.
The statement continued: ‘The company has ceased its normal operations and commenced the closure process on 24 February 2021. It is hoped that this orderly process will reduce costs, avoid additional obligations and reduce the impact on our customers. sellers, landlords and associates, and maximize the value of the company’s assets to its creditors and other stakeholders. ”
The statement added: “The company is reaching out to its customers with repairs and suppliers to help them understand what this will mean for them and the proposed next steps.”
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The chain, founded 36 years ago, was concentrated on the West Coast, but had 31 stores in nine states.
Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData, calls it ‘the end of an era and a sad day’ for an army of loyal customers.
Fans immediately went to Twitter to post images and memories (good and bad).
The pandemic caused a lot of damage to retailers, but Fry’s has been hammered out by online competition and a battle between the hardliners Best Buy and Amazon.
The wild themes became a bigger burden than an experience, Saunders said, and as the chain began to struggle, gaps began to appear on the shelves in the cave shops, making them a shell of what they used to be.
“Fry’s was really a company built for the electronics boom in the 1980s. “During that era, it was a gathering place for industry enthusiasts who were on fire,” Saunders said. “However, the days are long gone and now also have an icon representing them.”
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Fry’s Electronics Inc. said its operations had been halted and the abolition of jobs would begin immediately.
Customers with electronics repaired in-store are asked to charge it.
The online presence of the chain seems largely closed.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.