Future Shop

Future Shop was a Canadian electronics retailer. It was headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia. Future Shop was founded in 1982 by Hassan Khosrowshahi, an Iranian entrepreneur who settled in Vancouver, British Columbia after leaving Iran. American electronics retailer Best Buy purchased Future Shop on November 4, 2001 for $580 million. 

On March 28, 2015, Best Buy announced that they had decided to retire the Future Shop brand and permanently close 66 locations. The remaining former Future Shop locations were re-opened as Best Buy stores. 

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Category:1982 establishments in British Columbia
Category:2015 disestablishments in Canada Category:2010s disestablishments in British Columbia
Category:Companies based in British Columbia
Category:Defunct companies of Canada
Category:Retail companies of Canada