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Samsung Experience Shops to open in 1,400 Best Buy locations
- Samsung is preparing to open 1,400 mini-stores inside Best Buy locations across the US by the end of the summer as part of their continued effort to crank up the heat against Apple. The stores, known as Samsung Experience Shops,…
Best Buy rejects deal that would see founder take the company private
- On Friday Best Buy rejected an offer from company founder Richard Schulze to take the electronics retail giant private. Schulze got the ball rolling last summer when he proposed an informal offer of $24 to $26 per share but according…
Google retail stores may open this year in U.S.
- Citing an "extremely reliable source", 9to5Google reports that the iconic search company intends to launch its own network of brick-and-mortar retail stores across the United States. According to the report, the company hopes to introduce a select number of these…
Best Buy slashes $200 off the price of all MacBook Air models
- Best Buy is slashing $200 off the price of a new MacBook Air now through January 26. If you’re interesting in scoring a big discount on one of the hottest notebooks around, you’d better act fast as we are told…
Leap Motion announces exclusive launch deal with Best Buy
- San Francisco-based Leap Motion has announced their first retail partnership, agreeing to team up with Best Buy as part of an exclusive launch deal starting next month. Best Buy will begin taking pre-orders in store and online for the Leap…
Best Buy rolls out CinemaNow disc-to-digital program to use at home
- Best Buy is now testing a program called CinemaNow that will convert your DVDs into digital movies from the comfort of your own home. The newly accessible videos are then added to your UltraViolet digital collection and stored online for…
Order one iPad from Best Buy, receive four extras free of charge?
- What happens when you order an iPad from Best Buy and they mistakenly send you a box filled with five tablets? We weren’t sure either but at least two different people recently found themselves in this exact situation. The correct…
Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC 8X now available for pre-order at Best Buy
- Best Buy is now accepting pre-orders for Nokia’s flagship Lumia 920 as well as the HTC 8X. The AT&T exclusive 920 will retail for just $149 while HTC’s handset can be yours for $99. Pricing for both includes the typical…
Best Buy to launch its own Android tablet, the Insignia Flex
- Best Buy plans to take on Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD and Google’s Nexus 7 this holiday season with its own Android tablet marketed under the company's in-house Insignia brand for low-cost products. According to the official announcement on Facebook, the…
Best Buy stores to match Amazon's prices through the holidays
- As online shopping becomes increasingly popular, it would seem traditional brick and mortar operations anchored down by their expensive store fronts can't truly compete -- or can they? In what seems to be a daring game of commerce chicken, Best…
Best Buy gives Schulze the green light to perform due dilligence
- Best Buy founder Richard Schulze has been given the green light to move ahead with plans to pursue an acquisition of the company he created more than 45 years ago. The first step in the process is to perform due…
Best Buy names Hubert Joly as new CEO
- Best Buy has announced that Hubert Joly, the former head of hospitality and travel company Carlson, will take over as permanent CEO effective September 2012. Joly will replace interim chief G. Mike Mikan who has held the position since April…
Best Buy founder wants to buy company for $8.5 billion
- Best Buy founder Richard Schulze stepped down as chairman in June following the discovery that he was aware of an inappropriate relationship between former CEO Brian Dunn and a female employee. But the 71-year-old Schulze, who owns a 20.1 percent…
Best Buy's new retail layout borrows heavily from the Apple Store
- Best Buy is in the process of testing out a new in-store layout that looks and feels almost identical to an Apple Store. The idea is to focus on customer and employee interaction rather than showcasing every possible gadget and…
Best Buy founder Richard Schulze resigns, new chairman appointed
- Best Buy founder and chairman Richard Schulze resigned Thursday and is exploring options for his 20.1% stake in the ailing company. Alongside business partner Gary Smoliak, Schulze opened Best Buy in 1966 (named Sound of Music until 1983) and remains…
Sony, Samsung start enforcing minimum prices on HDTVs
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Amid declining global sales, Sony and Samsung are instructing US retailers to maintain minimum prices for televisions to increase profitability, according to the Wall Street Journal. The move is expected to help protect profits of both manufacturers as well as retailers such as Best Buy...
Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn resigns effective immediately
- Best Buy has announced that Brian Dunn has resigned as CEO and director effective immediately. Director G. Mike Mikan will serve as interim chief executive officer until a permanent replacement can be found.
Best Buy to close 50 big-box stores, sets 'transformation' plan
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Best Buy has announced plans to close 50 "big box" stores this year and eliminate 400 jobs as part of a new transformation strategy to improve operating performance. The giant consumer electronics retailer has seen sales erode as an increasing number of customers...
Buy-back programs offer upwards of $300 for used iPad 2s
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To upgrade or not to upgrade? Such is the question plaguing many iPad 2 owners as we approach the launch of Apple's latest tablet. Many online retailers hope to ease the transition by offering cash or store credit for your used device. Assuming your iPad 2 is in decent condition...
iPad 2 fakes made of clay turning up in Canadian stores
- A bizarre rash of clay iPads are being discovered at Canadian retail stores, CTV News reports. Roughly two dozen fakes have been unwittingly sold to customers by major retailers in metropolitan areas of Vancouver by the likes of Best Buy,…
Weekend tech reading: Diablo III coming in early February?
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Best Buy apparently believes Diablo 3 isn't far off from launch in North America, as a Rochester, Minnesota-based Twitter user spotted a display for the game in a local Best Buy store showing a February 1 launch for the game alongside a countdown timer. The image was...
Kindle Fire "best-selling" tablet at Best Buy, Target
- Amazon's Kindle Fire might not be the perfect tablet, but the price may be just right. Target announced the Kindle Fire was the best selling tablet on Black Friday, despite offering a $75 gift card with the purchase of an iPad…
China could be leveraging electronic exports to spy on the US
- The United States is forcing telecommunications companies like AT&T and Verizon to hand over sensitive data regarding their network infrastructure to sniff out potential Chinese spies. Officials are concerned that China may be leveraging their exports into the county to…
Cyber Monday store discount round-up
- All in all, it's been a busier Black Friday and holiday shopping season start that we've seen in recent years, at least from my perspective. As usual online retailers have followed up with special discounts for Cyber Monday.
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