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Best Buy Changes Surprise, But Not Unexpected

Changes put in place by Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly and announced late yesterday were initially surprising, but upon reflection 24 hours later, not unexpected.

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Marking Gary Shapiro’s 30 Years At CEA

Last week Randy Fry, president of Fry’s Electronics and chairman of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), sent out an email to the organization’s

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Schulze Sends Best Buy One More Letter

Dick Schulze, founder and former chairman of Best Buy, sent the chain’s board another letter today requesting permission to form a group and “conduct

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RILA Debunks DeMint's WSJ Column

The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) issued a press release on an op-ed piece in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal by U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C

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Should Amazon Purchase Best Buy?

That’s the headline of a blog posted today by Herb Greenberg, CNBC senior stocks commentator, where he makes the case that consumers really need to see,

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On Meeting Mr. Matsushita

News of the passing of Masaharu Matsushita, 99, longtime president and later chairman of Matsushita chairman of Electric Industrial Company - which was renamed

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Best Buy Meeting Could Be "Bumpy"

“Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night!” - Margo Channing, Broadway diva (played by Bette Davis) from the 1950 classic film

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iPhone Passion Echoes Lust For Home, Car Audio

In marking the fifth anniversary of iPhone’s debut on June 29, Gazelle, the CE trade-in site, released a survey today

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Schulze's Legacy

What was going to happen next year, happened today and for those who have been in the industry for a while it is a sad day given the circumstances.

Dick

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Happy Birthday To Harry and Jack

I returned a call this morning to a CE Hall of Famer who picked up his phone with his distinctive New York accent — Harry Elias.

Ironically, I

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