I am a local to it, and I spent more than three hours in the Renton, Washington store on Saturday, August 17, 2019. It was like a Zombie Apocalypse. There were a few other customers in the store, but only what seemed like a skeleton crew of staff.
My first clue was that although I had receipts for two unopened products still firmly sealed in those plastic, impenetrable packages that seem so ubiquitous these days, the Renton store would not accept them. Not even for a store credit! Who refuses store credits to patrons who wish to return unopened, legally purchased items.
I foolishly attempted to ask what looked a senior employee and he refused to answer my question wrt no visible inventory on the massive (now empty) shelves.
I have been shopping at Fry's since the very first one opened on Portage Ave in Palo Alto in 1989. It was such a great store and shopping experience. Sadly, it is no more and I fully expect the chain to do an arabesque as it morphs into the equipment equivalent of Newegg.com.
Sigh...