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Originally Posted by agulati
It was more of consolidating the Best Buy brand IMO. Best Buy owned Future Shop, and they used to have so many locations that were close to each other, and direct competitors. It just didn’t make sense.
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That was in the early days of online knowledge. Most people didn’t know that Best Buy and Future Shop we’re one company. The idea was twofold. Block competitors from getting key real estate locations and create the illusion of competition because people like to shop at more than 1 place before making a purchase.