Canadian Future Shops close

Best Buy is closing its Canadian electronics Future Shop stores and cutting some 1500 jobs, though half the locations will reopen under the American retailer’s banner. Closures across Future Shop’s 131 stores went into effect on Saturday, with 65 of the locations slated to reopen in a week after transitioning into a Best Buy, the US based mega retailer said. Employees and customers took to social media, posting the blue and yellow Best Buy signs emblazoned across Future Shop doors. B

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