Frys was in trouble pre-pandameic. As a (former) regular shopper, it was (past tense) the place to get your stuff and could compete with online retailers in price.
However, somewhere along the way, someone made a decision (I've been following the death spiral of Frys for many years) based on business to cut inventory--and that was always one of Fry's draws--they had everything. Suddenly they had no inventory. I remember asking them many years back what the deal was--"Post Christmas" I was told. Apparently they have been post 2018 Christmas going multiple years. I stopped in a few more times, but always less and less, to the point where I couldn't even find basics. So I stopped going--not worth my time.
Down the street, a competitor in Dallas called Micro Centre has no problems keeping the doors open. They have inventory, they have crap on the shelves (Keeping a giant store 1/2 empty never a healthy business strat). Amazon didn't kill Fry's. Fry's killed Fry's. Can't make a profit if you have nothing to sell.
Was good while it lasted. All good things must end.
On another note Best Buy remade themselves. Making big bucks on phones/tablets/TVs. The strong adapt. The weak die. I rarely buy at Best Buy but (1) They have stuff to purchase, (2) Obviously the doors are open (3) It appears they dropped the consumer PC business or scaled back and focused on other things.
