Best Buy
A multi-channel global consumer electronics retailer and developer of technology products and services.
Schafer: Could Amazon steal the Twin Cities' top talent if it expands here?
Complaining about competing against Amazon for workers would make Best Buy and Target look like whiners. But it's clearly an issue.
Schafer: Best Buy CEO tells investors it's all about the customer experience
Keeping the customers coming back seems pretty fundamental, but in traditional retailing it's easy to get distracted by the store.
Target, Best Buy and even Amazon among retailers who see new power in stores
The approach to invest in the physical seems counterintuitive at a time when the digital onslaught is leading other retailers to shutter hundreds of locations or go out of business.
Best Buy to close stores in Blaine, Inver Grove Heights
Best Buy is closing two stores in the Twin Cities — one in Blaine and one in Inver Grove Heights.The Richfield-based retailer will not renew…
Best Buy rolls out same-day delivery to more markets, including Twin Cities
Metro area is among 14 added to same-day delivery expansion.
Best Buy sees best sales jump in 7 years, but CEO warns it's not normal
Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly said the second-quarter results were driven by higher consumer demand for technology products and strong execution of its strategy.
Best Buy adds Dyson in-store shops to demo vacuums, hair dryers
Customers will be able to try out products such as vacuums, $400 hair dryer.
Best Buy to roll out expanded displays to highlight Amazon Echo, Google Home
Best Buy moves to command a corner of the market for voice-controlled devices.
Best Buy is redesigning mobile phone departments in stores and online
To boost sales, the retailer is trying to make it easier for customers to navigate.
Best Buy stock soars after better-than-expected earnings
Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly said Best Buy will roll out nationwide later this year an in-home advisors program it has been testing in a handful of markets for about a year.
Best Buy adds home monitoring to services through Vivint partnership
Vivint monitoring products will be in 400 stores by end of summer.
HHGregg's demise could help Best Buy
Report says Richfield-based retailer could benefit the most after the firm closes for good.
Two top Best Buy executives are leaving as roles are realigned
It results in the exit of two leaders, as retailer pursues its new strategic plan.
Alienware PC gaming displays elbow out Intel in Best Buy stores
Best Buy Co. is changing some prime real estate inside select stores to feature high-powered gaming laptops and desktops.The Richfield-based retailer is swapping out its…
Best Buy moves from Renew Blue turnaround to growth phase
With the retailer back on its feet, a focus on survival is giving way to growth.
Best Buy CEO declares turnaround phase over, but there are still challenges
The company's stock was down 9 percent in premarket trading though as the company forecast lower sales for the coming quarter as well as lower earnings per share than analysts were expecting.
Toyota, along with Target and Best Buy, lead fight against border tax
Firms that sell imported goods would be hit hard by the tax.
Schafer: New tax plan could hobble Target, Best Buy
Big American companies are so good at sidestepping income taxes that many pay nowhere near the statutory rate of 35 percent. One notable exception is…
Best Buy's Joly says he isn't leaving after report says he is top prospect for another job
Brazilian newspaper says French retail giant Carrefour has him on a list of potential CEOs.
This Christmas, Hatchimals could be bigger than Tickle Me Elmo
Retailers and analysts say they have not seen consumers this enthusiastic about a toy since Tickle Me Elmo.
Retailers have high hopes as Black Friday kicks off
While the final numbers on Thanksgiving Day traffic won't be in for days, some Twin Cities store managers said the crowds seemed larger.
Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly smiling over the retailer's holiday prospects
Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly delights in proving wrong the naysayers who thought Amazon would put Best Buy out of business. To the contrary, he says, there's room in the market for both to win.
Best Buy continues to outperform even while Samsung recall dents holiday momentum
The company's stock jumped sharply to its highest level in more than six years.
Target, Best Buy can't wait for shoppers to shift out of election mode
Among those who will be cheering this week for the end of this highly contentious and emotionally draining election season are America's retailers, now itching for shoppers to get into the holiday spirit.
October: Best Buy's holiday campaign stars Don Rickles, Bobby Flay
The retailer's tagline for the year-end shopping season is "Holiday Gifting Made Easy."
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