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1 hr ago | I4U Future Technology News

Best Buy Launches Club Beats With Monster and Beats By Dr. Dre

Best Buy today announced the introduction of Club Beats, a new in-store destination created in partnership with Monster and Beats by Dr.

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6 hrs ago | WGNO

Best Buy prepares for a shift to downloads

Walking between rows of DVDs at the Best Buy store in West Hollywood, Brandy Moore admits that she doesn't always buy the shiny discs anymore since she started downloading movies and TV shows from Apple's iTunes Store.

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Related Topix: Retail, Online Music, iPod, TV, Electronics, Computers, Video Games, Entertainment

14 hrs ago | Chain Store Age

Best Buy to launch branded movie download service

Minneapolis Best Buy Co. said Tuesday that it will launch its own movie download service for consumer electronics sold in its stores.

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Related Topix: Retail, Laptops/Notebooks

Sun Nov 08, 2009

The Herald

Technology notebook

Microsoft tries to put more pop into Bing Microsoft Corp. is giving its MSN Web portal a long-overdue makeover and says it hopes the new site will funnel more people to Bing, the software maker's search engine.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Software, Internet, Science / Technology, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Retail

Sat Nov 07, 2009

The Motley Fool

Eye on Insiders: Best Buy

Watching insiders is like participating in a weeks-long stakeout. You expect something to happen, but you don't know what.

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Related Topix: Retail

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

Forecast cheery for retailers hiring holiday workers

Despite an economy that has many still feeling none too merry and forecasts for a 1 percent drop in holiday sales, the holiday hiring front news isn't all gloom and doom.

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Related Topix: Retail, Chicago Metro

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Blogging Stocks

Verizon to unveil Droid Eris phone for $99 -- and kills Sprint Nextel's $180 price for the HTC Hero

Filed under: Competitive strategy , Sprint Nextel Corp , Verizon Communications , Smartphones While Sprint Nextel Corp.

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Related Topix: Sprint, Telecom, IT Services, Verizon Communications, Cellphones, Google, Startups, Retail, Computers, Apple Computer

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Blogging Stocks

Social media at work: not just a yes/no question any more

Filed under: Internet , Starbucks , Best Buy , Media World , Technology Company attitudes toward social media sites vary.

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Related Topix: Public Relations, Retail, Restaurant Management, Starbucks, Social Software, Europe, World News, United Kingdom

The Motley Fool

Sirius XM: The Limit's the SkyDock

David Gardner called it. Hea TMs up 1,334%! See what Davida TMs recommending that you buy NEXT.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Media, Radio, Sirius Satellite Radio, Retail, Electronics, Science / Technology, Apple, Startups, Computers, Apple Computer

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Jo...

Online video store coming from Best Buy, Sonic Solutions

Best Buy Co. said Tuesday it will soon offer an online movie store that will compete with Apple Inc.

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Related Topix: Retail, Sonic Solutions, Computers, Software, Startups, Apple, Apple Computer, iPod

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Hartford Courant

Best Buy nudges customers away from DVD aisles in new partnership with CinemaNow

Best Buy Co. is trying to nudge consumers away from its stores' DVD aisles by making it easier for them to rent and buy movies over high-speed Internet connections.

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Related Topix: Retail, Computers, Ledyard, CT

Blogging Stocks

Retailers push social media, want bigger wallet share for Christmas

Filed under: Internet , Competitive strategy , Dell , Starbucks , Marketing and advertising , Next big thing , Target Corp.

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Related Topix: Retail, Computers, Dell, Marketing, Restaurant Management, Starbucks, Target

Sun Nov 01, 2009

The State

PCs shed pounds and CD drives, gain touch screens

Personal computers are changing - and not just because of the recent launch of Windows 7. Visit an electronics store and you might also find laptops are missing a familiar component.

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Related Topix: Computers, Laptops/Notebooks, PC, iPhone, Retail, Mountain View, CA

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Globeinvestor.com

La Senza sharpens its focus

It's known for bras and panties, but over the past couple of years, Canada's largest lingerie chain decided to give its customers more choice - too much choice, it turned out.

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Related Topix: Retail, Apparel, Limited Brands

Fri Oct 30, 2009

BusinessWeek

Best Buy's Big British Invasion

The world's largest electricals retailer, Best Buy, is to create 8,000 jobs in the UK over the next five years and is gearing up to open its first stores this coming spring, taking on Currys and Comet.

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Related Topix: Retail

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Mobile Burn

Press Release: Best Buy Mobile Offers Pre-Sells of Motorola DROID in Stores Beginning October 29

Best Buy Mobile, the mobile specialty retail unit of Best Buy Co., Inc., will pre-sell the highly anticipated Verizon Motorola DROID smartphone beginning October 29.

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Related Topix: Retail, iPhone, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics

Blogging Stocks

RadioShack goes mobile, beats estimates

Filed under: Competitive strategy , RadioShack Corp It's extremely tough to survive in the retail consumer electronics space, especially with competitors like Best Buy and Wal-Mart . Yet, RadioShack continues to find ways push ahead.

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Related Topix: RadioShack, Retail, Wal Mart Stores

Wed Oct 28, 2009

The Motley Fool

Corning Accentuates the Positive, Eliminates the Profits

Did Corning just try to spin us? Reviewing the gigantic glassmaker's Q3 earnings report this week, I was struck by the company's multiple references to "sequential results": Sales "up 6% sequentially" Non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.42, "a sequential gain of 8%" And of course, the "combined glass volume" that "increased 4% over a very strong ...

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Related Topix: Telecom, Corning, Electronics, Retail, Target

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Chicago Tribune

More charges for couple accused in Best Buy scam

A Deerfield couple accused of scamming millions of dollars from store chain Best Buy have now been charged with tax conspiracy and tax evasion for failing to pay millions of dollars in income taxes, according to authorities.

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Related Topix: Retail, Richfield, MN, Tax, Business News

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Fort Mill Times

Deerfield couple hit with new tax fraud charges

An attorney for a Chicago-area couple accused of scamming millions of dollars from the Best Buy Co.

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