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Fry’s Electronics near Gwinnett Place Mall has closed

Fry's Electronics opened a store last month outside of Gwinnett Place in Duluth on Friday, September 24, 2004.

Credit: JESSICA MCGOWAN / AJC 2004

Credit: JESSICA MCGOWAN / AJC 2004

Fry's Electronics opened a store last month outside of Gwinnett Place in Duluth on Friday, September 24, 2004.
By Amanda C. Coyne
Jan 7, 2020

Fry’s Electronics quietly closed its Duluth location over the holidays.

The big box store’s location on Commerce Avenue near the Gwinnett Place Mall is listed as permanently closed on sites including Google and Yelp. Blog Tomorrow’s News Today first reported the closure.

READ | Macy's at South DeKalb mall closing this spring

The Fry's location opened in 2004. The store did not publicly announce its closing in advance or hold a going out of business sale. Fry's is the latest on a long list of closed businesses in the area. The Gwinnett Place Mall sits half empty and a Dave and Buster's closed in the area in March 2019. While department store Macy's will close its South DeKalb Mall location, there is no indication the location at the Gwinnett Place Mall will shutter in the near future.

For those with electronic shopping needs, a Best Buy location remains open on Pleasant Hill Drive.

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