Fry's Electronics in Campbell, California.

Fry’s Electronics expected to shut entire retail chain

Fry’s Electronics is expected to close its entire chain of electronics superstores nationwide at midnight tonight. Reports from Bill Reynolds and Matthew Keys surfaced today, and the rumors have been confirmed by broadcaster KRON4.

The company has been closing stores since January 2020, even before the pandemic struck. It has closed stores in Campbell and Anaheim in California, and last year there were lots of reports about how most of Fry’s stores were running out of inventory and weren’t being restocked. I asked Fry’s for comment today, but my spokesperson’s email bounced back.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.