Bose to close all North American retail stores, including 1 in Houston

Bose Corp. will close all of its 119 retail stores in North America, Europe, Japan and Australia over the next several months as the Framingham, Massachusetts-based consumer electronics company handles “the dramatic shift to online shopping in specific markets,” the company announced Jan. 15.

Bose has four retail locations in Texas, including a factory store in at the Houston Premium Outlets in Cypress.

The company will keep open its retail locations in India, Southeast Asia, South Korea,…