Posts Tagged ‘ Best Buy ’

2012 International CES SuperSession Features Best Buy’s Brian Dunn

January 4, 2012
2012 International CES SuperSession Features Best Buy’s Brian Dunn

  SuperSession Program Also to Include Panel with Google’s Eric Schmidt and One-on-One with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski   ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced a dynamic SuperSession lineup as part of the 2012 International CES® conference program, which will feature technology and government leaders, including Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn...

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Best Buy Supports 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance

July 22, 2011
Best Buy Supports 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance

From Photo Industry Reporter 
Minneapolis, MN—In commemoration of the 10-year anniversary of September 11, Best Buy announced a $500,000 contribution to MyGoodDeed. The company will observe the 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance by sponsoring citywide service projects in the retailer’s hometown of Minneapolis/St. Paul and in Chicago, as well as volunteering in cities...

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Best Buy Confirms Star-Studded Cameos for Inaugural Big Game Commercial

February 2, 2011
Best Buy Confirms Star-Studded Cameos for Inaugural Big Game Commercial

From Photo Industry Reporter Minneapolis, MN—Best Buy confirmed appearances by Grammy-nominated pop/R&B sensation Justin Bieber and rock’s most iconic couple, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, in the retailer’s first-ever commercial to air during the Super Bowl. Slated to air in the third quarter of the Feb. 6 game, this Best Buy spot will showcase creativity...

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Best Buy buy-back program could boost e-recycling

January 11, 2011
Best Buy buy-back program could boost e-recycling

Best Buy today launched a buy-back program designed to quash the fear of technology obsolescence. In the process, tech buyers can find a way to repurpose or recycle their electronic gadgets. When Best Buy customers purchase the service with their products, they can return their product and get paid for a fraction of its...

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Best Buy Feels the Pressure of Rivals on the Web

December 20, 2010
Best Buy Feels the Pressure of Rivals on the Web

By CHRISTINE HAUSER – NY TIMES Michael Dwyer/Associated Press  At barely 10 a.m., holiday shopping was in full swing at a Best Buy on the Upper West Side. A harried father searched for a new Xbox for his children. A personal assistant picked up video game accessories for her boss’s twins. One young woman...

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Black Friday’s best deals may be in your mobile phone

November 25, 2010

Retailers are looking to use social media to capitalize on the flocks of shoppers searching for bargains on Black Friday. Sears is offering discounts to people who share deals with friends, and Toys R Us is touting an iPad application to help customers navigate its sales offerings. “It’s somewhere you have to be. This...

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The best Black Friday Camera Deals for 2010

November 22, 2010
The best Black Friday Camera Deals for 2010

I don’t quite remember when “Black Friday” was transformed from another crowded day at the mall to retail blood-sport, but if you can survive the crush of humanity you can score some great deals on digital cameras this holiday season. Rather than scour the ads looking for the best camera deals, we’ve scoured the...

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Best Buy to offer FREE Shutterfly Photo Book with Digital Camera Purchase

October 19, 2010
Best Buy to offer FREE Shutterfly Photo Book with Digital Camera Purchase

  Free Shutterfly Award Winning Photo Book Included With Digital Camera or Camcorder Purchase At Best Buy This Holiday Season REDWOOD CITY, Calif. & MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 18, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Shutterfly Inc. (NASDAQ:SFLY), a leading Internet-based social expression and personal publishing service and Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY), today announced a strategic partnership...

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Best Buy Mobile launches Free Phone Fridays

September 30, 2010
Best Buy Mobile launches Free Phone Fridays

Best Buy Mobile, Minneapolis, Minn., is giving consumers another reason to be thankful for Fridays in October: Free Phone Fridays. Beginning Friday, Oct. 1 and running every Friday in October, Best Buy Mobile will feature four free mobile phones (one from each carrier) in all Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile specialty stores, as...

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Best Buy expands iPad availability to all U.S. stores

September 16, 2010
Best Buy expands iPad availability to all U.S. stores

  Best Buy Co. Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., will expand availability of the Apple iPad with Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi +3G models to all 1,093 U.S. stores beginning Sept. 26. Best Buy is a preferred channel partner for the Apple iPad, now selling the popular device online (for in-store pick-up) and through Apple Shop locations within...

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