Trying to catalog all the products this superstore carries could fry your brain. Fry's Electronics is a top big-box retailer of computers, consumer electronics, and appliances with some 35 stores in about 10 states. The chain's extensive inventory includes computer software and components, industry magazines, movies and music, refrigerators, washers and dryers, small appliances, stereo equipment, and televisions. Each store also typically stocks a variety of snacks and other impulse items. The technogeek's dream store began in 1985 as the brainchild of CEO John Fry (with brothers Randy and Dave) and VP Kathy Kolder. The Fry brothers, who got their start at Fry's Food and Drug Stores, still own the company.

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• Best Buy
• CompUSA
• Wal-Mart

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• Retail
  • Consumer Electronics & Appliances Retail(primary)
  • Music, Video, Book & Entertainment Retail
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• Telecommunications Services
  • Data Services

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