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Is Your Best Buy Closing?
Last month, electronics super-retailer Best Buy announced that it was going to close up to 50 stores after significant quarterly loses. Just today Best Buy announced the full list of stores that will or have been closed this year.
The list includes two stores that have already closed, one in Kansas City and another in Scottsdale. The hardest hit states are California, Minnesota, and Illinois, who are all losing over a half-dozen Best Buy locations.
Of course this represents only a small portion of Best Buy’s overall presence, which has ballooned after the Circuit City collapse, of 1,105 domestic stores. But it is showing the significant signs of weakness in the company moving forward in competition with online electronics retailers. Best Buy, particularly, functions with huge retail spaces and, in my experience, excess amount of staff which likely grossly increases their overhead.
All of the effected stores are big boxes, as opposed to Best Buy’s smaller Best Buy Mobile storefronts. And they are expected to close by May 12. The full list from Best Buy below.
Store Name
Address
City
State
Casa Grande
1004 N Promenade Pwy
Casa Grande
AZ
Lake Pleasant
10134 W Happy Valley Rd
Peoria
AZ
East Palo Alto
1751 E Bayshore Rd
East Palo Alto
CA
Westwood
10861 Weyburn Ave
Los Angeles
CA
Manteca
934 Perimeter Dr
Manteca
CA
Moreno Valley East
27220 Eucalyptus
Moreno Valley
CA
Ontario
4120 E 4th St
Ontario
CA
Pittsburg
4405 Century Blvd
Pittsburg
CA
Jamboree
2857 Park Ave
Tustin
CA
Arapahoe & Parker
15800 E Briarwood Cir
Aurora
CO
The Forum
9370 Dynasty Dr
Fort Myers
FL
Oldsmar
11655 W Hillsborough Ave
Tampa
FL
Fayetteville
128 Pavilion Pkwy
Fayetteville
GA
Loganville
4014 Atlanta Hwy
Loganville
GA
Addison
1038 N Rohlwing Rd
Addison
IL
87th & Dan Ryan
8900 S Lafayette Ave
Chicago
IL
Deerfield
200 S Waukegan Rd
Deerfield
IL
Matteson
4707 Lincoln Mall Dr
Matteson
IL
Mundelein
1100 N Rt 83
Mundelein
IL
West Dundee
979 W Main St
West Dundee
IL
Speedway
10500 Parallel Pkwy
Kansas City
KS
Back Bay
360 Newbury St
Boston
MA
Wareham
2421 Cranberry Hwy
Wareham
MA
Inner Harbor
600 E Pratt St
Baltimore
MD
Hunt Valley
118 Shawan Rd
Hunt Valley
MD
Biddeford
405 Mariner Way
Biddeford
ME
*Brooklyn Center
5925 Earle Brown Dr
Brooklyn Center
MN
*Edina
3200 Southdale Cir
Edina
MN
*Hutchinson
1350 Hwy 15 S
Hutchinson
MN
*Lakeville
18350 Orchard Trl
Lakeville
MN
Rochester South
4540 Maine Ave Se
Rochester
MN
*Rogers
20870 Rogers Dr
Rogers
MN
Ellisville
15678 Manchester Rd
Ellisville
MO
Monroe
3151 W Highway 74
Monroe
NC
Rocky Mount
1100 N Wesleyan Blvd
Rocky Mount
NC
Millard
12210 K Plz
Omaha
NE
East River Plaza
517 E 117th St
New York
NY
Steelyard Commons
3506 Steelyard Dr
Cleveland
OH
Salem Mall
5031 Salem Ave
Dayton
OH
Caguas
Las Americas Expry PR52 Zafiro
Caguas
PR
Middletown
890 W Main Rd
Middletown
RI
Hickory Hollow
5255 Hickory Hollow Pkwy
Antioch
TN
Techridge
12901 North I-35
Austin
TX
*Woodlake Parkway
6218 Woodglen
San Antonio
TX
Landmark Mall
5901 Stevenson Ave
Alexandria
VA
Cosner’s Corner
9745 Jefferson Davis Hwy
Fredericksburg
VA
East Richmond
4410 S Laburnum Ave
Richmond
VA
Mill Plain
16611 Se Mill Plain Blvd
Vancouver
WA
* indicates stores notified March 29, 2012 of closure plans
Note: Two stores in Kansas City, MO (Metro North) and Scottsdale, AZ (Shea) permanently closed in February 2012.
Attribution
Best Buy
via CNNMoney