Best Buy's Black Friday VIP Contest
I have a confession to make: I have never participated in Black Friday madness. Nope. Never have, and hopefully, never will. Instead, I always plan a really, really long bike ride to burn off the...
View ArticleBest Buy on Best Behavior
Instead of sitting back and gloating as it watches its biggest competitor flounder, Best Buy is doing whatever it can to prevent a trip down the same path. Best Buy's President and COO Brian Dunn...
View ArticleBest Buy's TiVo HD/HDTV Bundle
There are ghosts in my machines. I'm convinced of it. Two weeks ago, my trusty 32-inch CRT TV started to fail. The picture would go green, then black and white, and then the death roll. Grrr. Off to...
View ArticleBest Buy in Trouble - Who is Next?
Best Buy is the largest consumer electronics retailer left in the country. Circuit City filed for bankruptcy, Tweeter shuttered just weeks ago. You would think that without competition, Best Buy would...
View ArticleBest Buy Branching Out In Spanish and Korean
Instead of sitting back and watching minority shoppers go elsewhere, Best Buy is launching an all-out attempt to lure in Latino and Korean shoppers into their stores in areas with large populations of...
View ArticleBest Buy: Buyer Beware
Some sharp shoppers have caught a few interesting tactics being employed by Best Buy stores. In one case, a shopped noticed some discrepancies in a display promoting the store's HDTV Calibration...
View ArticleBest Buy breaks sales records with UK opening
Best Buy opened its first store in the United Kingdom last weekend, and it was met with record-breaking sales. The store opened in Thurrock, a borough in Essex County, and according to Best Buy CEO...
View ArticleCutting Loose: Connected TV for Everybody
Three devices aim to ease you into streaming media — or help you ditch cable altogether. Cable cutting. You've probably begun the process already, even if you haven't gone all the way — think about how...
View ArticleExtended Warranties on Blu-ray (Discs)
No, seriously. Extended warranties on Blu-ray discs I went to Best Buy yesterday to buy a Blu-ray. I needed some latest 3D piece of crap to use in an upcoming review of a 3D projector. Upon checkout,...
View ArticleBye Bye, Best Buy?
The Internet giveth, and the Internet taketh away Gee, who could have predicted this? The Internet is creating entirely new industries, and decimating others. Big-box electronics retailer Best Buy is...
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