Free Record Shop

Free Record Shop

Infobox Company
name = Free Record Shop

type = Retail
foundation = 1971
founder = Hans Breukhoven
location_city = Schiedam
location_country = Netherlands
locations = Approximately 250
area_served = Benelux
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industry = Retail
products = Entertainment media & services
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owner = Hans Breukhoven
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slogan = That's Entertainment
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Free Record Shop (or FRS) is a large Dutch retailer of home entertainment products, such as CDs, DVDs and videogames, founded by Hans Breukhoven. The first FRS store opened on the 15th October 1971 in Schiedam, The Netherlands. Free Record Shop operates about 250 outlets 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. [cite web|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/economie/article529053.ece/Free_Record_Shop_verkoopt_Finse_droom_voor_1_euro|title=Free Record Shop verkoopt Finse droom voor 1 euro|accessdate=2008-04-21]

External links

* [http://www.freerecordshop.com Free Record Shop website]

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