OSAKA — Edion Corp. has asked Best Denki Co. to forge a capital and business tieup in a sign of further shakeups in the home electronics retail business, industry sources said Tuesday.

Best Denki, currently No. 7 in the industry, is expected to respond later this month to the written proposal from Edion, No. 2 in the business, the sources said.

Edion is believed to have offered to raise its group's interest in Fukuoka-based Best Denki to a maximum of 10 percent and proposed collaboration in product procurement and other activities, the sources said.