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MINNEAPOLIS, November 19, 2009 – Best Buy (NYSE:BBY), is bringing the excitement of Black Friday a week early this holiday season. Starting today, Best Buy will offer Black Friday pricing on certain models of flat panel televisions as well as other top brand home theater products.
MINNEAPOLIS, November 18, 2009 – J.D. Power and Associates has named Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) the “Highest in Customer Satisfaction among the Largest Appliance Retailers,” outperforming four other major appliance retailers profiled in the study. The J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Syndicated Appliance Retailer Study, which had 4,230 respondents, examined retailer performance in six categories ranging from installation, price and merchandise selection, to sales staff and services. Best Buy, the largest consumer electronics retailer, received the highest overall satisfaction score, improving from its third place finish in 2008. Best Buy achieved a score of 797 on a 1,000-point scale and performed particularly well in the installation service and delivery service category.
MINNEAPOLIS, November 16, 2009 – Best Buy Mobile, the mobile specialty retail unit of Best Buy (NYSE:BBY), is making mobility more affordable for customers this holiday season with special offers on two Sprint smartphones, the HTC Hero and Samsung Moment. Both devices run on Google’s Android operating platform and retail for $99.99, including instant rebates, with new two-year activation. Both phones were $179. The special offers, which run through December, help Best Buy Mobile deliver the advantages of the popular Android operating platform to more customers.
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MINNEAPOLIS, November 12, 2009 – Best Buy Co, Inc., the nation's leading consumer electronics retailer, today announced @15 Gifts, a new national philanthropic initiative designed to raise $1 million for programs that empower teens. The new initiative provides consumers with the opportunity to give some of the hottest tech gifts and gadgets to their loved ones, while at the same time raising funds that will positively impact the lives of teens nationwide. With each purchase of a designated @15 Gift, a portion of the proceeds will benefit the @15 Fund.
MINNEAPOLIS, November 11, 2009 – Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) announced today that Robert A. Willett, 63, CEO of Best Buy International, will retire effective Dec. 31, 2009. The company does not plan to name a successor to the specific role of International CEO. Brian J. Dunn, Chief Executive of Best Buy Co., Inc., is working with Willett on a smooth transition. The company has strong local leaders and teams in every country in which it operates and is confident in their abilities. Best Buy’s evolving global growth strategy creates opportunities to approach the work in new ways. The company remains fully committed to its global growth strategy, and it continues to be one of the company’s four strategic priorities.
MINNEAPOLIS, November 11, 2009 – New technologies are emerging daily to help people plan, monitor, and enhance their health and fitness activities. Yet finding the ways and the time to stay fit and motivated can seem more complicated than ever before. Starting today, Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) customers in select markets from Washington, DC to Denver can turn to the nation’s largest consumer electronics retailer for help in satisfying their health and fitness equipment and management needs.
MINNEAPOLIS, November 11, 2009 – Best Buy Mobile, the mobile specialty retail unit of Best Buy Co., Inc., announced today the launch of a new Web site, BestBuyMobile.com, to give consumers a comprehensive source with the most up-to-date news, trends and information on mobile products.
MINNEAPOLIS, November 10, 2009 – Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) will appeal to value-conscious consumers with a dynamic holiday computing selection launching Nov. 11 and featuring the retailer’s lowest-advertised-price laptop ever. Selling in-store and online for $249.99, the Acer laptop delivers solid specifications including an Intel Celeron 900 processor, 2GB memory and a 160GB hard drive, and debuts the extensive seasonal computing offerings at Best Buy.
What: Local fans can be among the first to purchase Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2, the highly anticipated video game releasing at midnight as part of a series of special events at several Best Buy stores nationwide. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the sequel to the best-selling first-person action game of all time, will be available for purchase beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, November 10 at Best Buy locations nationwide.
