The Best Buy store on Winchester Road will soon close after the electronics retailer chose not to renew its lease in the building that has been its home since 1998.

The last day of business will be March 7, said Best Buy spokesman Jeff Shelman. Until then, the store will close at 6 p.m. each night, according BestBuy.com.

"We look at all of our leases when they come up for renewal, and we choose to close a small number of stores where it doesn't make sense to renew," Shelman said. "In this case, our customers have shown us that they would rather shop at our Poplar Avenue store."

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Shelman said the decision is not part of a wider wave of national closures. All the remaining Memphis stores at 5821 Poplar Ave., 2755 Germantown Parkway and 304 Market Plaza in Southaven will remain open.

The 7771 Winchester Road store had 25 full-time employees and several part-time employees. Shelman said those employees will be able to apply for open positions at other stores.

The Winchester electronics store shared a shopping plaza with a Lowe's Home Improvement store, a Burlington, At Home home goods store, a JCPenney and several other restaurants, retailers and other businesses.

Desiree Stennett covers economic development and business at The Commercial Appeal. She can be reached at desiree.stennett@commercialappeal.com, 901-529-2738 or on Twitter: @desi_stennett.