Fry's Electronics shutting down, blaming Covid, changing retail market

After 36 years in business, Fry's Electronics closed all of its remaining 31 stores in nine states overnight — including two in the Valley — blaming a double whammy of changes in the retail business and the effects a year of operating during a pandemic. The San Jose company said it will begin a wind-down process on Wednesday. "It is hoped that undertaking the wind-down through this orderly process will reduce costs, avoid additional liabilities, minimize the impact on our customers, vendors,…