Free Record Shop
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| Type | Retail |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Founder | Hans Breukhoven |
| Headquarters | Schiedam, Netherlands |
| No. of locations | Approximately 250 |
| Area served | Benelux |
| Industry | Retail |
| Products | Entertainment media & services |
| Owner | Hans Breukhoven |
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 of 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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- ^ Free Record Shop verkoopt Finse droom voor 1 euro. Retrieved on 2008-04-21.
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