Free Record Shop
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| Type | Retail |
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| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Founder(s) | Hans Breukhoven |
| Headquarters | Capelle a/d IJssel, Netherlands |
| Number of locations | Approximately 250 |
| Area served | Benelux |
| Products | Entertainment media & services |
| Owner(s) | Hans Breukhoven |
Free Record Shop is a large Dutch retailer of home entertainment products, such as CDs, DVDs and video games, founded by Hans Breukhoven. Its first store opened on the October 15, 1971 in Schiedam, the Netherlands. Free Record Shop operates about 250 stores in the Benelux under its own brand name.
It also owns the entertainment products retail chain vanLeest, an Amsterdam-based flagship megastore called FAME, a games chain GameMania and several Build a Bear Workshop stores. The company also operates multiple online stores using the different brand names.
In March 2008 the company announced that it has sold off its Norway and Finland operations to concentrate on the Benelux market. [1]
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