Best Buy Canada operates about 210 consumer electronics superstores under the brands Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile, and Future Shop. The retail outlets offer televisions, computers, and DVD players, as well as cameras, CDs, DVDs, mobile phones, and software. Future Shop stores, which average 26,700 square feet and are smaller than Best Buy Canada locations, offer home appliances, office supplies and maintenance services. Best Buy Canada also offers in-home and commercial technical support through its Geek Squad unit.
US-based retail giant Best Buy Co. (NYSE:BBY) acquired the Future Shop chain in 2002. Best Buy Co. operates more than 1400 stores throughout the US and Canada and 2600 stores in Europe and China, mostly under the Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile, and The Car Phone Warehouse banners (Source: Hoover's Company Records).