Best Buy
Retail
Best Buy’s Black Friday Barrage Begins On Thanksgiving
A Black Friday teaser sale starts today.
Retail
White-Glove Retail: Service With A Smile
Services have become the great retail differentiator
Retail
Best Buy Picks Up Jitterbug Owner GreatCall
Best Buy is expanding its remote-monitoring menu.
Home Automation
Best Buy Disconnecting From Vivint?
Best Buy has reportedly cut the cord with Vivint.
Blogs
Why Best Buy’s ‘Total Tech Support’ Is Great News
The company’s paid 24/7 support offering sets a much-needed precedent for RMR service models in the connected home
Retail
Best Buy Q1 Comps Soar 7.1%
Best Buy topped sales and earnings projections, but its share price was still punished for slower online growth.
Keeping Current
Will Fire TV Be Best Buy’s Trojan Horse?
Best Buy may live to regret its exclusive deal with Amazon.
Retail
Best Buy Takes ‘Total Tech Support’ Pilot National
See what Geek Squad has up its short sleeve.
Retail
Best Buy Updates Logo, Launches Blue Shirt Marketing Campaign
TWICE isn’t the only industry entity to update its logo.
Products
Best Buy Joins Amazon As 3rd-Party Seller For New Fire TVs
Models will be sold under Toshiba, Insignia brands
Keeping Current
Brad Anderson In Hot Water Over Right-Wing Donation
A $25,000 donation to a right-wing political group has gotten former Best Buy CEO and vice chairman Brad Anderson in a heap of hot...
Keeping Current
Best Buy Back In Expansion Mode
The retailer is opening its first new store in seven years.
Keeping Current
Best Buy Cutting Ties With Huawei
The decision comes amid security concerns by Congress and U.S. intelligence chiefs.
Keeping Current
Toys ‘R’ Us Locations May Go Unleased — Unless Amazon Steps In
With big-box chains busy downsizing, who'd want the real estate?
Retailing
Hey Rex, There’s Job Openings At Amazon
The revolving door at Amazon headquarters is spinning nearly as quickly as the West Wing’s.
Keeping Current
Best Buy’s Joly: There’s Room For More Than Just Amazon
While the demise of RadioShack and hhgregg has lent Best Buy a helping hand in its battle against Amazon, retrenchment can’t take all of...
Retail
Best Buy Hanging Up On Stand-Alone Phone Stores
The retailer will pull the plug on its small-format Best Buy Mobile shops before June.
Retail
Best Buy Q4 Comps Soar, But Profits Fall 40%
Same-store sales rose 9 percent on mobile phone and video gaming gains.
Retail
If Sears Goes Away, These 3 Retailers Will Benefit Most
There are still plenty of greenbacks up for grabs.
Keeping Current
Best Buy Says Blue (Shirt) Lives Matter
Best Buy is keeping more than just the customer satisfied.
Retail
Best Buy Exiting CD Biz: Report
Packaged media will take another step toward tech-stinction this summer when Best Buy pulls the plug on CDs.
Keeping Current
Why Amazon And Best Buy May Soon Be Ringing Your Door Bell
The next door knock you hear might very well be Amazon or Best Buy. In a move that hearkens back to the door-to-door salesman days...
news
Best Buy Spicing Up Its Services Menu
Best Buy has seen the future of CE retail and it is tech services. At the company’s first investor conference since launching its Renew...
Keeping Current
Best Buy’s Secrets For Thriving In The Amazon Age
Yes, Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly cited well-known tactics like pricing strategies and consolidating operations. But did you know that the retailer even examined...
Keeping Current
Best Buy Drops Kaspersky Software
Alleged ties between Kaspersky and the Kremlin have prompted Best Buy to drop the Russian software developer’s security products from its assortment. Best Buy is pulling...
Keeping Current
Who’s That Knockin’ At The Door? Could Be Best Buy
About a year after it started testing free in-home tech consults in a handful of markets, Best Buy has taken the concept nationwide. Starting yesterday, an army of In-Home...
news
Same-Day Delivery Is A Go For Best Buy
Best Buy is growing its same-day delivery program. Not only is the retailer adding cities where consumers can order products from BestBuy.com and...
news
Best Buy Earnings Exceed Expectations
Best Buy’s second-quarter earnings and sales topped analysts’ expectations as revenue approached $9 billion, up almost 5 percent, and same-store sales grew 5.4 percent....
Accessories
Best Buy Holding Nintendo World Championships Qualifying Events
Best Buy will once again host qualifying events for the Nintendo World Championships. Eight Best Buy locations will offer consumers the chance to compete...
news
B&O Play Comes To Best Buy
Luxury audio manufacturer Bang & Olufsen will now sell its products through Best Buy. Beginning this week, the H4 and H9 headphones from...
Blogs
Retail Is Dead! Long Live Retail — At Best Buy, That Is
5 ways the chain is more than holding its own The retail meltdown of 2017 has been well documented, with some reports estimating 8,600...
Keeping Current
Best Buy’s Hubert Joly Answers To A Higher Authority
Best Buy’s dramatic turnaround, orchestrated by debonair chairman/CEO Hubert Joly, apparently owes much to the teachings of theologian and founding Jesuit Ignatius of Loyola,...
news
Best Buy Adding Dyson In-Store Experiences
Best Buy announced its latest in-store experience partnership: Dyson. The retailer will install about 90 Dyson Demo Experiences in U.S. stores beginning next month,...
Keeping Current
How Best Buy Dodged The Grim Reaper Of Retail
Amid the ashes of retail bankruptcies and store closures, Best Buy remains a vital bastion against the digital assault on brick-and-mortar. Here’s how it did...
news
Best Buy Adding Amazon Alexa, Google Home Sections
Best Buy knows a good thing when it sees it. Rewarded for its smart-home forays with strong comp-sale gains, the retailer has accelerated its...
Keeping Current
Best Buy Positioned To Win In Smart Home
Retail analyst Peter Keith of Piper Jaffray says Best Buy is a good investment, given its early advantages in smart home. The chain has...
Keeping Current
Best Buy To Test Product Rental Program
In an effort to stem returns, Best Buy, through a partnership with San Francisco startup Lumoid, will allow customers to try-before-they-buy beginning later this...