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Klipsch and Best Buy collaborate for Icon V speakers

Klipsch has debuted a new line of speakers, the Icon V series, born out of collaboration with Best Buy. The new speakers include the VF-35 and VF-36 floorstanders, VB-15 bookshelf, VC-25 center channel, and VS-14 surround models. The slim solid black cabinets and simple exterior give the speakers an understated aesthetic appearance. The new X-Tractrix tweeters are claimed to offer a smoother dispersion pattern and wide sound presentation, while still horn-loaded for use with standard A/V receivers.

Best Buy Introduces Blue Label(TM): New Process for Developing Products Inspired by Listening to CustomersBlue Label is a different approach to technology from Best Buy that starts with the customer in mind. Best Buy partnered with leading PC manufac

MINNEAPOLIS, BUSINESS WIRE -- Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) today introduced its Blue Label series, a line of consumer electronic products developed directly from customer feedback and delivering uncompromised performance. The Blue Label series is a result of collaboration between Best Buy and technology companies in which Best Buy gathers insights from customers and works with manufacturers to design products that address those needs.

Best Buy Canada Invests $1,000,000 in Kids Through New Giving Program

"Best Buy for Kids" Established to Help Bring Technology to Children BURNABY, BC, Sept. 26 /CNW/ - Best Buy, Canada's fastest growing specialty retailer and e-tailer of consumer electronics, today announced that in 2008 the company will contribute $1 million to charitable organizations focused on youth through its newly established Best Buy for Kids charitable giving program. "The goal of the Best Buy for Kids program is to strengthen Canadian communities by supporting local and national programs that help children achieve their full potential. We want to empower youth - especially those in need - by helping them excel in school, engage in their communities through sports and education, and develop life and leadership skills," said Best Buy Canada SVP Charles Tobin.

Best Buy Unveils New "Mobile Life" Store

Minneapolis-based Best Buy Co. Inc. officially announced that it is launching standalone stores in malls designed "to help customers get more from their mobile lives." At 3,000 sq. ft., the new Best Buy Mobile stores are double the size of the original standalone Best Buy Mobile stores, yet not as large as traditional Best Buy stores, which average about 40,000 sq. ft. Stores will launch in three mall locations this month in The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn.; Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax, Va.; and Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Ill. The new Best Buy Mobile stores will help customers navigate the wireless landscape by offering a full range of mobile devices, including phones, laptops and other handhelds, as well as teaching customers how the devices work together.

Best Buy Mobile to carry iPhone in Canada

TORONTO and BURNABY, BC, Sept. 26 /CNW/ - Best Buy Canada, Canada's fastest growing specialty retailer and e-tailer of consumer electronics, today announced that it will be carrying Apple's iPhone 3G at Best Buy Mobile stores(x) in Canada beginning October 1st. "The iPhone is a revolutionary product that has changed the way people think about their mobile phone and we are pleased to be able to help Canadians get their hands on one of the hottest new products introduced in Canada this year," said Phil Johnston, Director, Wireless Solutions, Best Buy Canada Ltd. "We want Canadians to know that they can count on Best Buy Mobile for the latest and greatest in mobile technology." Best Buy Mobile plans to sell the iPhone 3G at the suggested retail price of $199 for the 8GB model and $299 for the 16GB model with a three-year contract from Rogers

Best Buy(R) News Media Policy Eases Store Access For North Carolina's Sales Tax Holiday

BUSINESS WIRE -- Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) -0- *T What: Best Buy is pleased to participate in North Carolina's upcoming sales tax holiday November 7 - 9. During the holiday, the nation's leading consumer electronics retailer is offering ENERGY STAR-qualified products tax free, including refrigerators, freezers, clothes washers, air conditioners and dehumidifiers. All purchases should be for personal, non-commercial use. Local Best Buy BlueShirts are available for live or taped in- store interviews and can offer: -- Information about the latest technology -- B-roll or photography How: Best Buy Public Relations Department is instituting a "manager-approval" news media policy for newspaper, TV and radio reporters for the sales tax holiday.

Best Buy Debuts Store Designed for Women

Richfield, Minn.-based Best Buy Co. Inc. debuted a new store designed for women in the Denver area on Oct. 4. The company tailored the Arapahoe/Parker store, located at 15800 E. Briarwood Circle in Aurora, Colo., to meet the unique needs of the Denver market by gathering insight from local consumers. The design of the store reflects the Colorado lifestyle and sentiment of the people. Local residents assisted Best Buy in choosing the store furnishings, so that the room displays would exemplify elements of a traditional Colorado home. These features include softer lighting, lifestyle imagery and more neutral-tone colors in display areas. Best Buy will also offer educational classes pertaining to the specific interests of the Denver community. While designing the store, Best Buy integrated key insights from women and consulted with its Women

O2 Wireless Inks Deal with Best Buy

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- O2 Wireless, a nationwide provider of prepaid cellular service that features highly competitive rates and FREE International long distance to 50+ countries, has inked a deal with Best Buy, to offer the NEW O2 Wireless Universal SIMCard[SM] and O2 Wireless airtime recharge cards in 1,150 Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile stores, Best Buy kiosks and online at BestBuy.com.

Best Buy Mobile opening more stand-alone stores

Best Buy has revealed plans to expand its Best Buy Mobile stores with even more stand-alone versions, which will be located in shopping malls. The company spent the past 2 years converting the cell phone section of its mammoth retail locations into a store-within-a-store dubbed Best Buy Mobile, and has already launched 30 stand-alone versions throughout the U.S.

Best Buy Unveils New Social Change Platform on Eve of Presidential Election to Give...

Best Buy Unveils New Social Change Platform on Eve of Presidential Election to Give Teens a Voice - First IMO Survey Reveals Teens More Troubled by Economy Than War - 80 Percent Say They Want to Sit Down With McCain and Obama MINNEAPOLIS--(Business Wire)-- Most teens do not have a vote, so @15, a new teen-led social change platform underwritten by Best Buy (NYSE:BBY), has been launched to give them a voice. Today, with the release of the first in a series of quarterly @15 IMO (shorthand for "In My Opinion") polls, teens will be heard. Best Buy also announced it is inviting teens to help direct its philanthropy through the newly-created @15 Fund, which teens will execute to help fund social change projects. The first @15 IMO survey, conducted in September 2008, reveals that the majority (80 percent) of U.

Best Buy Lowers Guidance, Fate Of Mobile Push Unclear

Best Buy shocked the market yesterday when it said it was lowering guidance for the holiday season and called the current environment “the most difficult climate we’ve ever seen.� It’s still unclear whether the company will scale back any of its growth plans, including its aggressive push into mobile. The company’s COO Brian Dunn said that while Best Buy needs to manage costs, it is still “preserving key growth initiatives.� So, the big question is whether the retailers undertaking in mobile qualifies as a key growth initiative? Last month, details were released on the two-pronged approach, which includes opening several standalone mobile stores in U.S. and a massive five-year plan in Europe that will cost about $154 million, and consist of building at least five big-box Best Buy Europe stores through its joint venture

Up to 200 Euro Best Buy stores within 5 years

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Best Buy Hunkers Down, Focuses on Customer Service

Today, Best Buy's President and Chief Operating Officer called today's sales climate the worst he's seen in 42 years, citing that "People are making dramatic changes in how much they spend, and we're not immune from those forces." Indeed, we've already heard from an inside source that Best Buy has quietly restructured their high-end Magnolia department, reducing expenditures to pre-holiday levels and cross training the employees to work in the normal home theater department. Now an internal memo leaked by The Consumerist explains how else Best Buy plans to cope on a wider scale:

Best Buy Mobile leak shows dates of future handsets...

A leaked Best Buy Mobile presentation slide that surfaced on Monday has revealed ship dates for a few upcoming handsets from various carriers. The leak revealed the Verizon Blitz in Titanium, which is priced at $300 on Best Buy’s site and only marked as Coming Soon, will ship on October 26th. Other handsets set to ship on the same date according to the slide include the HTC Touch Pro with Sprint, the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 with T-Mobile and the Samsung M540 Rant from Sprint in black, an exclusive-to-Best Buy purple or red.

Best Buy Coughs Up $54 Million for Napster

MarketWatch reports that Best Buy has decided to toss $54 million into an acquisition of Napster. All told the deal amounts to around $121 million, with about $67 million headed towards getting cash and short-term investments from Napster's balance sheet. "The deal will give Best Buy an online digital music retail outlet as well as a subscription streaming service that has about 700,000 subscribers. That could help Best Buy to compete against retail giant Wal-Mart, which has its own online digital music offering."

Best Buy Mobile Unveils New ?Mobile Life? Store

US based electronics retailer, Best Buy is launching a new range of stand-alone stores in shopping malls. The stores will target mall shoppers that don’t traditionally shop at Best Buy’s big-box stores: women and younger shoppers; so-called “tweens� and teenagers. Currently, this audience shops multiple retailers for many of their products, while Best Buy aims to put its "mobile lifestyle" goods into one single retail outlet.

Best Buy prepares for the worst

Its immune system is healthier, so Best Buy isn’t likely to be flat-lined by the current economic ills the way its chief rival was (see “Circuit City shorts out“), but the electronics retailer will definitely be experiencing a stretch of chills, aches and nausea. After seeing same-store sales drop a stomach-churning 7.6 percent in October, Best Buy today cut its projection of earnings for the fiscal year that ends in February from between $3.25 and $3.40 per share down to between $2.30 and $2.90. “Since mid-September, rapid, seismic changes in consumer behavior have created the most difficult climate we’ve ever seen,� said CEO Brad Anderson. “Best Buy simply can’t adjust fast enough to maintain our earnings momentum for this year.

Best Buy(R) Opens First Bronx Store

Earvin "Magic" Johnson to Join in The Grand Opening Celebration MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Best Buy is set to open its first Bronx area store at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 15. The 30,000 sq. ft. store, located at 402 E. Fordham Rd (East Fordham and Webster Ave) Bronx, NY* adds over 150 jobs locally, and is the first consumer electronics store of its kind in the Bronx. As part of the grand opening celebration, Best Buy will present a total of $10,000 to two local non-profit organizations - The Pointe and The Wildcat Service Corporation, as well as host Earvin "Magic" Johnson for an inspired speech. Grand opening festivities begin at 8:15am. "I am excited to be partnering with Best Buy on the opening of their Bronx store. This is going to make a huge impact in the community," said Earvin "Magic" Johnson.

Canada Post Helps Best Buy Canada Ltd. Go Green With epost!

Canada Post today announced it has entered into an agreement with Best Buy Canada Ltd. to offer online payroll notices to more than 22,000 Best Buy and Future Shop employees across Canada as well at its corporate headquarters in Burnaby. Using Canada Post's epost(tm) and SmartFlow(tm) services, Best Buy Canada Ltd. is encouraging its employees to move to online pay advices, reinforcing the company's commitment to environmentally accountable business practices.

Canada Post Helps Best Buy Canada Ltd. Go Green With epost!

Canada Post today announced it has entered into an agreement with Best Buy Canada Ltd. to offer online payroll notices to more than 22,000 Best Buy and Future Shop employees across Canada as well at its corporate headquarters in Burnaby. Using Canada Post's epost(tm) and SmartFlow(tm) services, Best Buy Canada Ltd. is encouraging its employees to move to online pay advices, reinforcing the company's commitment to environmentally accountable business practices.

Canada Post Helps Best Buy Canada Ltd. Go Green With epost!

OTTAWA (Marketwire) - Canada Post today announced it has entered into an agreement with Best Buy Canada Ltd. to offer online payroll notices to more than 22,000 Best Buy and Future Shop employees across Canada as well at its corporate headquarters in Burnaby. Using Canada Post's epost(tm) and SmartFlow(tm) services, Best Buy Canada Ltd. is encouraging its employees to move to online pay advices, reinforcing the company's commitment to environmentally accountable business practices.

Bethesda Softworks and Best Buy Bring Fallout 3 to Fans with Midnight Launch Events Across the Country

October 24, 2008 (ROCKVILLE, MD)– Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax Media company, and Best Buy Co., Inc. have announced that in response to huge demand for Bethesda’s award-winning upcoming game, Fallout® 3, there will be midnight openings at Best Buy stores across the country the evening of October 27. Best Buy customers at select stores in the Washington, DC, New York, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Dallas and Chicago metropolitan areas will be among the first to play one of the most anticipated videogames of the year.

Gretzky, Samsung, Best Buy Make Powerplay for Minor Hockey

Donation to Wayne Gretzky Foundation helps support 99 minor hockey associations >> VANCOUVER, Nov. 7 /CNW/ - The Great One is helping 99 minor hockey clubs across the country kick-off a great hockey season. Through a team effort with Samsung Electronics Canada and Best Buy Canada, the Wayne Gretzky Foundation is presenting 99 minor league associations with a $1,000 bursary to help them cover expenses related to running their 2008-2009 minor hockey programs. Earlier this year, the companies launched the 99 Reasons campaign to help raise funds for the Foundation. During the campaign period, a portion of the proceeds from the sale of all Samsung TVs at Best Buy locations was donated to the Wayne Gretzky Foundation. Best Buy stores also sold exclusive Wayne Gretzky commemorative stickers for $0.

Canada Post Helps Best Buy Canada Ltd. Go Green With epost!

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(MARKET WIRE)--Nov 7, 2008 -- Canada Post today announced it has entered into an agreement with Best Buy Canada Ltd. to offer online payroll notices to more than 22,000 Best Buy and Future Shop employees across Canada as well at its corporate headquarters in Burnaby. Using Canada Post's epost(tm) and SmartFlow(tm) services, Best Buy Canada Ltd. is encouraging its employees to move to online pay advices, reinforcing the company's commitment to environmentally accountable business practices.

Canada Post Helps Best Buy Canada Ltd. Go Green With epost!

OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Nov 07, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Canada Post today announced it has entered into an agreement with Best Buy Canada Ltd. to offer online payroll notices to more than 22,000 Best Buy and Future Shop employees across Canada as well at its corporate headquarters in Burnaby. Using Canada Post's epost(tm) and SmartFlow(tm) services, Best Buy Canada Ltd. is encouraging its employees to move to online pay advices, reinforcing the company's commitment to environmentally accountable business practices.

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