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Best Buy Gives Teens the Power to Direct $1 Million to Nonprofits
MINNEAPOLIS, February 2, 2010 – Best Buy Co., Inc. today announced that teens participating in its @15 Exchange distributed $1 million to 16 nonprofits in the program’s first year. The Best Buy initiative empowers teens to be the drivers of change by giving them the opportunity to direct the company’s charitable donations through online activities and voting.
MINNEAPOLIS, February 2, 2010 – Best Buy Co., Inc. today announced that teens participating in its @15 Exchange distributed $1 million to 16 nonprofits in the program’s first year. The Best Buy initiative empowers teens to be the drivers of change by giving them the opportunity to direct the company’s charitable donations through online activities and voting.
MINNEAPOLIS, January 25, 2010 – Best Buy Co., Inc. today announced the launch of the @15 Scholarship program, which will award 1,000 scholarships of $1,000 each to students in grades 9 through 12 living in the United States, including D.C. and Puerto Rico, who plan to enter a full-time undergraduate course of study upon graduation from high school.
MINNEAPOLIS, January 20, 2010 – With less than three weeks until the Big Game, Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) makes it easier than ever to bring the action to your home television screen. As a preferred destination for football fans, Best Buy carries the most robust and largest selection of televisions of any retailer in the country, backed by the in-home support of national, wholly-owned tech support task force Geek Squad.
Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) has made a $200,000 donation to help support both immediate and long-term efforts in response to the January 12 earthquake in the Republic of Haiti.
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8, 2010 – Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) today reported from the Consumer Electronics Show that revenue for the fiscal month of December ended Jan. 2, 2010, increased 13 percent to $8.5 billion. The revenue for the five-week period compared with $7.5 billion in revenue for the five-week period ended Jan. 3, 2009. The revenue gain was due primarily to a comparable store sales increase of 8.2 percent, the addition of new stores in the past 12 months and the favorable impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
LAS VEGAS, January 7, 2010 – Even as this week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) previews the technologies of tomorrow, Best Buy is using this futuristic gathering to unveil the next generation of computing for today. In partnership with leading technology partners, Best Buy is showcasing Blue Label 2.0, a new laptop line that for the first time enables consumers to wirelessly stream video and pictures directly from their laptops to their flat panel televisions.
