SR-001 · 2009
Electronics chain · USA
Circuit City — The “Good to Great” Darling That Fired Its Own Moat
Best Buy/Amazon + self-inflicted cuts · Liquidated
SR-002 · 2017
Electronics chain · USA
RadioShack — The Parts Store That Sold You a Phone Instead, and Died
failed to adapt + mobile · Online-Only
SR-003 · 2008
Computer retailer · USA
CompUSA — The Computer Superstore Caught Between Best Buy and the Web
Best Buy + Dell-direct + online · Shuttered
SR-004 · 2021
Electronics chain · USA
Fry’s Electronics — The Themed Geek Cathedral That Emptied Its Own Shelves
e-commerce + pandemic · Shuttered
SR-005 · 1989
Electronics chain · USA
Crazy Eddie — His Prices Were Insane, and So Were His Books
fraud · Bankrupt
SR-006 · 2008
Electronics chain · USA
Tweeter — The Hi-Fi Specialist That Rolled Up Its Rivals and Its Own Debt
overexpansion + big-box price war · Liquidated
SR-007 · 2006
Electronics chain · USA
The Good Guys — The Service Specialist Absorbed, Then Buried With Its Buyer
acquired (by CompUSA) · Acquired
SR-008 · 2017
Electronics chain · USA
hhgregg — The Appliance Chain That Couldn’t Win the Price Tag
Amazon/Best Buy price competition · Liquidated
SR-009 · 2011
Electronics chain · USA
Ultimate Electronics — The High-End Chain That Went Bankrupt Twice
Best Buy/Amazon · Liquidated
SR-010 · 2008
Gadget retailer · USA
Sharper Image — The Gadget Mall Built on One Air Purifier
recession + a thin product story · Online-Only
SR-011 · 2018
Gadget retailer · USA
Brookstone — The Gadget Toy Store That Couldn’t Survive the Mall It Lived In
e-commerce (mall traffic collapse) · Online-Only
SR-012 · 1997
Electronics megastore · USA
Incredible Universe — The 185,000-Square-Foot Store Too Big to Make Money
overexpansion (too big to profit) · Shuttered
SR-013 · 2001
Software retailer · USA
Egghead Software — The Boxed-Software King Whose Husk Amazon Bought for $6.1 Million
online (Amazon bought the remains) · Acquired
SR-014 · 2024
Electronics & appliance chain · USA
Conn’s HomePlus — The Lender With a Showroom Attached, Foreclosed
debt + high-cost financing model + soft demand · Liquidated
SR-015 · 2003
Electronics chain · USA
Nobody Beats the Wiz — The Jingle Outlived the Stores
overexpansion → Cablevision couldn't fix it · Acquired