; 56 years ago 1960 founder gerald h. turpanjian headquarters torrance california u.s. number of locations 91 july 2013 1 area served arizona california nevada texas hawaii minnesota virginia maryland key people phil lee president products appliances electronics and plumbing fixtures number of employees 600 parent best buy website pacificsales.com pacific sales is a wholly owned subsidiary of best buy . they were originally opened with one store in torrance california . they offer high to mid range appliances as well as an assortment of home electronics and other home improvement products . 2 when the company was purchased by best buy in 2006 the decision was made to keep the brand and company intact unlike other companies such as magnolia who was absorbed into the best buy brand . since then the company has opened over 35 stores in california nevada & arizona and had opened stores within existing best buy stores in texas and hawaii as well as california texas and arizona to offer higher end appliances than are currently available in best buy . 3 as of july 2013 they operate 36 full assortment stores those carrying major appliances as well as home electronics and home improvement in california nevada arizona and texas . in addition to these 36 they also operate 55 appliance only stores located within existing best buy locations in california arizona hawaii texas minnesota virginia maryland and iowa . 4 much of the business pacific sales does is in bulk as well as builder contractor sales . references edit store locator nguyen hang december 29 2005 . best buy likes the status quo of pacific sales . the orange county register . retrieved may 18 2011 . seavy mark march 25 2011 . best buy expanding online assortment reducing size of stores . the wall street journal . retrieved may 18 2011 . store locator external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pacific sales & oldid 735613371 categories consumer electronics retailers in the united stateshome improvement retailers of the united statescompanies based in los angeles county california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 august 2016 at 23 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view