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Imminent Collapse of Fry’s?
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SilverSolder:

I think "combination" stores like Costco have eaten the lunch of companies like Fry's, just as much as online sales have.   Costco shifts a lot of TVs, stereos, cameras, etc. - people see them when they come for the frozen chicken, and end up buying later on when they've been exposed to enough gorgeous screens.  Helpfully, the TVs are right next to the optical department!  It's a pretty clever model.

ejeffrey:

--- Quote from: engrguy42 on February 24, 2021, 03:30:53 pm ---I think the problems with Fry's and Radio Shack and every other electronics supply store here in the US is that nobody is interested in tinkering with electronics anymore. Only a few of us old guys, and much fewer young guys. Now people want dancing robots and AI and smartphone apps where you click a button and it does your laundry while you sit on your butt.

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Ok, boomer.

Seriously this is just nonsense "old man yells at cloud" gatekeeper bullshit.  Far more people are tinkering with electronics than ever before.  They are just doing it differently than before.
engrguy42:

--- Quote from: ejeffrey on February 24, 2021, 05:01:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: engrguy42 on February 24, 2021, 03:30:53 pm ---I think the problems with Fry's and Radio Shack and every other electronics supply store here in the US is that nobody is interested in tinkering with electronics anymore. Only a few of us old guys, and much fewer young guys. Now people want dancing robots and AI and smartphone apps where you click a button and it does your laundry while you sit on your butt.

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Ok, boomer.

Seriously this is just nonsense "old man yells at cloud" gatekeeper bullshit.  Far more people are tinkering with electronics than ever before.  They are just doing it differently than before.

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Differently how?
Homer J Simpson:

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ataradov:

--- Quote from: engrguy42 on February 24, 2021, 05:44:25 pm ---Differently how?

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By ordering things online. There is really no need for a physical store anymore. Sure, it is less convenient if you can't just go to the nearest store and pick up something. But at the same time variety of parts has increased drastically, and chances that the store has what you need are low.

So people now learned to factor in the shipping time. I often just work on multiple projects at the same time, so waiting for the parts for one project is not a big deal.

I live near Fry's, and I tried to go there a couple of times to see if they had components I needed at a time. They did not, which is not surprising.

Plus they had way higher prices for everything, making them only viable as an emergency option. This is probably not good for survival of the business.

And lack of focus is probably a factor. It is very hard to survive selling components, but selling white goods and phones at the same time is also questionable.
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