Best Buy Makes Future Shop a Thing of the Past .... Defunct Future Shop Store .... Toronto, Ontario
.... Future Shop was a Canadian electronics store chain. First established in 1982, by 1990, the chain had become the nation's largest retailer of computer and consumer electronics. In November 2001, Future Shop was acquired by the American consumer electronics store chain Best Buy for $580 million. Although Best Buy would begin to establish Canadian locations under its own brand following the purchase, it continued to operate the Future Shop stores as a separate brand, even though many of the new locations were in close proximity to existing Future Shop stores. On March 28, 2015, Best Buy announced the immediate closure of all Future Shop locations; 65 of the former locations are slated to be converted to Best Buy stores, while the remaining 66 (primarily those in proximity to a Best Buy) were closed permanently
Best Buy Makes Future Shop a Thing of the Past .... Defunct Future Shop Store .... Toronto, Ontario
.... Future Shop was a Canadian electronics store chain. First established in 1982, by 1990, the chain had become the nation's largest retailer of computer and consumer electronics. In November 2001, Future Shop was acquired by the American consumer electronics store chain Best Buy for $580 million. Although Best Buy would begin to establish Canadian locations under its own brand following the purchase, it continued to operate the Future Shop stores as a separate brand, even though many of the new locations were in close proximity to existing Future Shop stores. On March 28, 2015, Best Buy announced the immediate closure of all Future Shop locations; 65 of the former locations are slated to be converted to Best Buy stores, while the remaining 66 (primarily those in proximity to a Best Buy) were closed permanently