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Ausaf Umar Siddiqui (born 1966) also known as Omar Siddiqui, is a Pakistani-American former corporate executive who was a vice president of Fry's Electronics. He is known to have gambled over $162 million in Las Vegas from 2005 to 2008 after embezzling money from his employer through money-laundering and wire fraud. He pled guilty and declared ...
Fry's Electronics was an American big-box store chain. It was headquartered in San Jose, California, in Silicon Valley.Fry's retailed software, consumer electronics, household appliances, cosmetics, tools, toys, accessories, magazines, technical books, snack foods, electronic components, and computer hardware, in addition to offering in-store computer repair and custom computer building services.
Cyberian Outpost, Inc. was an online vendor of discount computer hardware and software that operated the website outpost.com. After its IPO in 1998, it reached a peak market capitalization of $1 billion, but, after the bursting of the dot-com bubble, its stock price fell rapidly and the company was acquired by Fry's Electronics in 2001 for $21 million.
Fry's Electronics abruptly closed all 30 of its stores and its online operations on February 24, 2021. The chain had struggled with empty shelves and supplier issues during its final years of operation, fueling speculation that it would close. [135]
Pages in category "Defunct consumer electronics retailers of the United States" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Fry's Electronics – Closed permanently in 2021 after 35 years as a result of low sales, and potentially bankruptcy and liquidation due to online competition and the COVID-19 pandemic; Future Shop – Closed in the US 1999. Bought out by Best Buy 2001.
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Incredible Universe was created with the intention to compete with rapidly growing electronics superstores like Circuit City, Best Buy, and CompUSA that were taking market share from Radio Shack. The company hoped that customers would drive up to 40 miles to a store, allowing one location to serve an area with as few as one million people, with ...