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06/28/12 8:00 AM PT | E-Commerce Times | 672 Words
... Best Buy founder Richard Schulze is exploring a private takeover of the electronics retail chain, according to The Wall Street Journal . Schulze is the largest company shareholder with about a 20 percent stake in Best Buy. He has reportedly conducted discussions with...
10/15/07 11:30 AM PT | E-Commerce Times | 916 Words
Supreme Court Monday declined to take up an appeal brought by Microsoft and Best Buy , who wanted the high court to overturn a lower court decision that allowed a lawsuit alleging fraud and racketeering to move forward. Without comment and with no apparent...
01/07/00 12:00 AM PT | E-Commerce Times | 582 Words
... in the shadow of Wal-Mart's decision to move their online operations to Silicon Valley were major e-commerce announcements by two other brick-and-mortar mainstays. $10 billion (US$) retailer Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) announced a major expansion of its Web site to include all of...
... Best Buy founder Richard Schulze has submitted a written proposal to buy the electronics retail chain in a deal that would value the company at as much as US$8.8 billion. Schulze is currently the company's largest stakeholder with about a 20 percent share...
11/17/10 2:16 PM PT | E-Commerce Times | 715 Words
... Best Buy announced on Wednesday it will offer free shipping on a number of specific items through December 21. Products with free shipping include CDs , DVDs and Blu-ray discs, as well as gaming software and accessories. iPods, iPads and iPhones are excluded,...
12/17/99 12:00 AM PT | E-Commerce Times | 149 Words
... of consumer electronics retailer Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) climbed 2 to 49-1/4 on Thursday after the company announced a broad alliance with Microsoft . Under the terms of the deal, Microsoft's MSN Internet access and other connectivity solutions will be offered at the...
03/20/01 9:24 PM PT | E-Commerce Times | 433 Words
... weeks after rumors surfaced that Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) would link with retail giant Wal-Mart, a report Monday said that the e-tailer is now discussing a strategic alliance with consumer electronics seller Best Buy (NYSE: BBY). Representatives from Amazon and Best Buy refused to...
01/11/08 2:08 PM PT | E-Commerce Times | 531 Words
... apparel, department and specialty stores bemoan a 2007 less-than-stellar holiday sales season, consumer electronics retailer Best Buy announced Friday that its total revenue for the fiscal month ending Jan. 5 rose 11 percent to US$7.3 billion, meeting the company's expectations. That increase was...
08/23/04 3:09 PM PT | E-Commerce Times | 181 Words
AT&T today announced that Best Buy will be among the first national retailers to offer AT&T's residential Voice-over-IP (VoIP) phone service, called the AT&T CallVantage Service, in its 628 stores nationwide and online at bestbuy.com . AT&T CallVantage Service will be available in Best...
06/02/08 1:45 PM PT | E-Commerce Times | 640 Words
... retail giant Best Buy has announced plans to try out a free electronics recycling program at 117 of its stores. The initiative will start in three cities and could spread to others if it succeeds. Best Buy is launching its new program in...
01/22/02 7:48 AM PT | E-Commerce Times | 478 Words
Gartner analyst Avivah Litan told the E-Commerce Times that Best Buy likely chose to implement the ClearCommerce engine, which is used by more than 40,000 merchants including e-tailers PetSmart and Sony Online, due to concerns about fraud.
"They fall into the category...
06/08/00 12:00 AM PT | E-Commerce Times | 108 Words
... Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ITWO) gained 11 1/4 to 138 1/4 Wednesday after announcing that consumer electronics giant Best Buy Co. has bought "an entire suite" of products from the company. i2 said it will help Best Buy with its merchandise and financial planning,...
04/04/13 2:31 PM PT | E-Commerce Times | 624 Words
... latest consumer electronics manufacturer to follow the store-within-a-store trend is Samsung , which announced Thursday that Best Buy will dedicate space within its U.S. showrooms and specialty stores for the Samsung Experience Shop, an area dedicated to the company's products and demonstrations. Best...
I ran into two new stories I hadn't heard before last week, and one of them was rather juicy and eventually tied into the "iPad." I also chatted with Best Buy who is, at least to me, the best chain of stores at which...
01/11/10 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1257 Words
... Best Buy has never been a favorite company among Linux fans, and that feeling was not improved by the Microsoft ExpertZone training scandal that erupted last September. A whole new crop of reasons to hurl insults at the chain came up in recent...
The company missed out on the widespread adoption of mobile phone stores, which soon displaced RadioShack for all things mobile -- and its smaller stores couldn't compete with the larger Best Buy and Circuit City chains.
End of the Hobbyist Store
All in the Timing
Best Buy recently outlined a new plan to get itself back on track and compete against online retailers that are profitably running circles around the big-box approach to selling. That plan involves dozens of store closures, layoffs...
Others like Barnes & Noble and Best Buy , which we thought would be strengthened by less competition, are still struggling with problems created by this shift.
At the same time, Internet companies like Amazon.com have exploded with growth during the last 10...
04/13/11 5:00 AM PT | TechNewsWorld | 962 Words
In fact, iPad 2 sales were so strong that rumors surfaced of their triggering a clash between Apple and Best Buy . The retail chain had reportedly put a ceiling on the number of iPad 2s that could be sold at its stores...
03/15/11 12:43 PM PT | TechNewsWorld | 825 Words
Best Buy , which has claimed a "national retail exclusive" on the phone in the United States, will jack up the device's price by $50 starting Sunday.
Meanwhile, online retailer Wirefly is offering a $50 discount -- it's pricing the HTC Thunderbolt...
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