Future Shop closes stores, merges some with Best Buy

Future Shop is closing all its stores in Canada and will rep-open some of them under the Best Buy brand. There will be fewer stores – some 192 in all — and as many as 1,500 people, combined full and part time, will be out of work. By the numbers, 66 Future shops will close, and 65 will be converted to Best Buy locations. A sign posted at a Future Shop store in Toronto directs customers toward a nearby Best Buy. Globe and Mail   Best Buy closures in Leaside in 2014