Government patent agency Rospatent now admits Best Buy entered its license application for Future Shop, a Canadian subsidiary in 2006. (Worse yet, Rospatent says it is still reviewing the 2006 application.)
Best Buy has never publicly voiced any intention to open stores in Russia. Yet.
After less than a year, Best Buy's first China store (Shanghai)
is among the top-10 revenue generators out of 1,300 stores worldwide.