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6 hrs ago | Business First of Columbus

WD design strikes a chord with Best Buy's bid to sell musical services

Best Buy sells music by popular artists, but the electronics retailing giant, with the help of a Dublin company, is giving customers a way to buy songs by less well-known performers, namely themselves.

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Related Topix: Retail, Richfield, MN

Thu Jul 24, 2008

Blogging Stocks

RadioShack (RSH) soars after reporting second quarter numbers

Shares of electronics retailer RadioShack are soaring this morning after the company shattered its estimates for its second quarter numbers .

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Related Topix: RadioShack, Retail

Wed Jul 23, 2008

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

All wired up

There's just one thing I can't stand when it comes to my 65-inch flat-screen TV - all the wires.

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Related Topix: Ultimate Electronics, Retail

Mon Jul 21, 2008

Blogging Stocks

Wal-Mart unveils in-store tech support, provided by... Dell?

With Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Dell, Inc. already having inked a solid relationship last year, it should be no surprise that the PC company would be partnering with the world's largest retailer to test out ...

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Related Topix: Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Computers, Dell

Sat Jul 19, 2008

CMJ New Music Monthly

Best Buy To Begin Stocking Unsigned Bands

Independent artists, rejoice! Music retail behemoth Best Buy is teaming up with Regionalcd.net to stock their shelves and online store with regional and local artists - no major label contract required.

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Related Topix: Retail, Social Software

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Blogging Stocks

Early analyst calls

RBC downgraded Best Buy to "outperform" from "top pick", according to Briefing.com. The news service also reports that JP Morgan upgraded United Airlines to "overweight" from "underweight". Coca Cola removed ...

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Related Topix: Retail, Airlines, United Airlines, Briefing.com, Startups, Media, eBay

Thu Jul 17, 2008

MarketingBlurb

Wal-Mart and Dell Team up to Offer Solution Station by Dell

In June, Wal-Mart began selling Dell computers in its stores . Now, Wal-Mart and Dell are taking their relationship a step further by introducing the first Solution Station by Dell in a Dallas Wal-Mart store.

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Related Topix: Retail, Computers, Wal Mart Stores, PC, Dell

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Investopedia

REX Stores Picked A Bad Time To Bet On Corn

Many retailers have been suffering from the current economic conditions of low consumer confidence and spending, and on the surface it appears that REX Stores is no exception.

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Related Topix: Retail, Rex Stores Corporation, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy

Tue Jul 15, 2008

Fool.com

How to Turn $1,000 Into $1 Million

If you've found a profitable "get-rich-quick" scheme, consider yourself lucky. Foolish investing has nothing to do with getting rich quick.

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Related Topix: Retail, Humana, Insurance

CBS 11

Save On Hundreds Of Items By Haggling

Can bargaining, negotiating or haggling work at big-box stores? TXA 21 undercover crews went to several stores to find out.

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Related Topix: Retail

Mon Jul 14, 2008

TechNewsWorld

Best Buy's $20 Ubuntu: Good or Bad for Linux?

What does the sale of the Ubuntu Hardy Heron Long Term Support package for $20 at Best Buy mean for the Linux community? While Adam Kane, a blogger on Foogazi, said it "ultimately [is] a great thing for Linux ...

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Related Topix: Retail, Blog News, Open Source Software, Science / Technology, Linux, Ubuntu, PC, Computers

Sun Jul 13, 2008

Fool.com

Earn 100% Per 3 Days

"Earn 100% Per 3 Days." That was the subject line of an email we received the other day.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Software, Research in Motion, Telecom, Computers, Financial Markets, Retail

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Bizjournals

Best Buy lays out plans for sales boost

Best Buy Inc. 's plans to double revenue in the next five years will include international expansion and building up an existing bath-products chain.

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Related Topix: Retail

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Customer Interaction Solutions

Samsung Instinct(TM), Exclusively from Sprint, Sets New High for Device Sales at Best Buy

Best Buy Co., Inc. today announced that early sales results are showing the Samsung Instinct , exclusively from Sprint, to be the retailer's best selling handset in the past two years.

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Related Topix: Sprint Nextel, Wireless, Telecom, Retail

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

Flat TV boom going bust?

Target Corp. isn't the only major Twin Cities-based retailer that's feeling the heat of a surging Wal-Mart. The notion that the largest retailer is about to mount a serious challenge to Richfield-based Best Buy ...

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Related Topix: Televisions, TV, Electronics, Retail, Laptops/Notebooks

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Digital Post Production

Best Buy Adds Common Sense Media DVD Reviews

Best Buy decided to add Common Sense Media reviews of TV shows and movies to the Click for the lowest price on dmnobieblank DVD ');" onMouseOut="setTimeout ',500);" class=hotlink2>DVD section of BestBuy.com ...

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Related Topix: Common Sense Media, Startups, Retail, Video Games

Bizjournals

Advance Auto Parts revving up Twin Cities operations

Virginia's Advance Auto Parts Inc. is bulking up its Minnesota operations, according to a report in The Roanoke Times Thursday.

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Related Topix: Advance Auto Parts, Auto Parts, Retail, Minnesota

Wed Jul 09, 2008

Reuters

Best Buy looks to new categories to drive sales

Electronics retailer Best Buy Co is looking to new product categories and business models to help it double annual sales to $80 billion over the next five years, executives said on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Retail

Blogging Stocks

Best Buy (BBY) has unique marketing opportunity with gadget protector

When Best Buy, Inc. decided to pick up the ZAGG invisibleSHIELD product, gadget fans everywhere need to have cheered.

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Related Topix: Marketing, Retail, iPhone, Cameras

Roanoke Times

Advance Auto shifts jobs north to Minn. - roanoke.com

Advance Auto Parts will ship 2.5 percent of its Roanoke work force to Minnesota as the retailer continues to build a significant presence far from its roots.

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Related Topix: Retail, Advance Auto Parts, Auto Parts

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