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Best Buy Europe was a retail joint venture owned by the United States-based electronics retailer Best Buy Inc and UK-based mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse. The company was formed by Best Buy's purchase of 50% of The Carphone Warehouse's retail division. Best Buy branded superstores opened in the UK beginning in April 30, 2010 with a store in Thurrock, Essex. Best Buy was due to open its first UK stores in 2009, but postponed this until 2010, with plans for up to 200 stores eventually. Carphone originally intended to open up to 200 Big Box stores in Europe by 2013, but this goal was reduced to 100. On the 6 November 2011, Carphone Warehouse announced its intention to close the 11 Best Buy "big box" format stores. On 14 January 2012, the Best Buy Europe joint venture was discontinued, with all 11 stores and the transactional website (www.bestbuy.co.uk) closing on that day. ==History== Best Buy Co., Inc. is a Fortune 100 company and the largest specialty retailer of consumer electronics in the United States and Canada, accounting for 21% of the market.〔Boyle, Matthew. "(Best Buy's Giant Gamble )." ''CNN.'' March 29, 2006. Retrieved on November 28, 2006.〕 The company's subsidiaries include Geek Squad, Magnolia Audio Video, and Pacific Sales; in Canada the Best Buy Canada subsidiary also operated under the Future Shop label until 2015. Together these operate more than 1,150 stores in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, China, Mexico and Turkey.〔Chris Serres "(Adaptation is key for Best Buy )" ''Star Tribune.'' February 08, 2007. Retrieved on February 16, 2007.〕 The company's corporate headquarters are located in Richfield, Minnesota, USA (near Minneapolis). On June 26, 2007, Best Buy announced a 40% increase in its operations, with plans to operate more than 1,800 stores worldwide, including 1,400 Best Buy stores in the U.S. The Carphone Warehouse was co-founded in 1989, when most portable phones were too bulky to carry and called car phones, by current CEO Charles Dunstone (together with David Ross〔 〕) from £6,000 savings. The two companies first began working together in 2006, creating Best Buy Mobile stores in the United States and introducing Geek Squad in the United Kingdom.〔(Best Buy - About Best Buy - International Growth ) Best Buy〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Best Buy Europe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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