The chain fizzled in the late 90s, crushed by big-box retailers like Walmart and the rise of e-commerce (ironically, the very model it pioneered). Most locations became furniture stores or gyms.
The Comeback We Didn’t See Coming: Why Consumer Distributing Still Lives in Our Memories (and Basements) consumer distributing
But the memory ? That’s still in stock. The chain fizzled in the late 90s, crushed
It was the promise of Would they have it in stock? Would the system fail? Or would you walk out five minutes later holding the exact VCR you came for? consumer distributing