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> The only computers I could find were antiquated machines for the workers running Windows XP (or possibly Windows 2000) with 4:3 monitors. Somewhere there wil
by spookthesunset 7y ago
> The only computers I could find were antiquated machines for the workers running Windows XP (or possibly Windows 2000) with 4:3 monitors.
Somewhere there will be a chapter in the book of Fry's demise about how they never modernized their point of sale system. That thing is fucking ancient and looks like some kind of weird homebrew monstrosity that the owners nephew (you know, the one who "knows computers") cooked up for them way back when they started. That thing has to have been a boat anchor that kept them from tinkering with their business model.
- adrr 7y agoThey never focused on online sales. Bestbuy was facing a similiar decline But Bestbuy modernized their online experience and added a price guarantee which made them competitive against amazon and other online merchants.