Best Denki

Best Denki Co., Ltd.
株式会社ベスト電器
Public
Traded as TYO: 8175
Industry Retailing
Founded September 3, 1953
Headquarters Fukuoka, Japan
Key people
 Koji Ono (President & CEO)
Products Electronic products
Website

Best Denki Co., Ltd. (株式会社ベスト電器 Kabushiki-gaisha Besuto Denki) is a Japanese electronics retailer with outlets across Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and Kuwait. They also operated in Hong Kong from late 1980s to 2011.

Best Denki headquarters is located in Fukuoka. Previously, in Singapore and Hong Kong, it was known as "Yaohan Best", when it started operations there in 1985. After Yaohan's bankruptcy, the store was changed to its current name. The store has also a service sector that does repair, transportation of goods and after sale service for its franchise stores.

International locations

Hong Kong

Best Denki store at Megabox, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong in 2007.

Best Denki entered Hong Kong's market during the later half of the 1980s, they operated within Yaohan store's electronic department under the name Yaohan Best. When Yaohan declared bankruptcy in 1997, it was spared from liquidation since all the goods and products in the department are owned by Best Denki. Their stores in New Town Plaza and Tuen Mun Town Plaza were allowed to continue their operation on their original locations. Since 1 June 2011, all of Best Denki's business in the territory was acquired by Suning Citicall (which later became Suning Appliance).[1]

Singapore

Best Denki store at Ngee Ann City, Singapore in 2006.

There are eleven stores in Singapore, with the flagship store located at Ngee Ann City.

The nine stores are:

Indonesia

Malaysia

References

  1. ↑ BEST電器店撤出香港
  2. ↑ Megabox Directory
  3. ↑ Olympian City Shop Directory
  4. ↑ Plaza Hollywood Shop Directory
  5. ↑ Tuen Mun Town Plaze Shop Directory

External links

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