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Best Buy earnings slump on turnaround costs, Super Bowl shift
Best Buy Co. reported a net loss and sliding sales for its first quarter, weakness that the electronics retailer blamed on the costs of its ongoing turnaround and calendar shifts that affected the key Super Bowl selling day. Investors sent Best Buy...
Tags: Sports, Science and Technology, Richard Schulze, Electronics, Football
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J.C. Penney woes may persist as Best Buy rebounds
For a while, J.C. Penney and Best Buy seemed to be doppelgangers. The two retailers struggled with intensifying competition after years of comfortable stagnation. Beset by Wall Street skepticism and shaky consumer loyalty, each made sweeping attempts at...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Prices, Economy, Business and Finance, Moody's Corporation, Richard Schulze
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Best Buy leaving Europe to streamline business
Electronics retailer Best Buy Co. is leaving Europe, selling its stake in a partnership with London telecommunications company Carphone Warehouse Group as it attempts to simplify its operations. The Minneapolis chain said Tuesday that the boards of both...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Joint Ventures, Science and Technology, Economy, Business and Finance, Restructuring and Recapitalization
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Best Buy founder Richard Schulze returns as chairman emeritus
Best Buy founder Richard Schulze is throwing his support behind the current management, returning as chairman emeritus to the electronics retailer he left in a haze of scandal last year and then tried to buy out. Schulze is bringing with him former...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Amy Poehler, Science and Technology, Economy, Business and Finance, Richard Schulze
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Best Buy takeover bid falls through, earnings show signs of hope
Richard Schulze, Best Buy Co.’s largest shareholder, missed his window this week to attempt a takeover of the electronics retailer. But if its fourth quarter financials are any indication, the struggling company may not need him. Best Buy,...
Tags: Amy Poehler, Richard Schulze, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements
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Best Buy cutting 400 jobs to save $150 million
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.Struggling electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc. said Tuesday that it is cutting 400 employees at its Richfield, Minn., headquarters in an effort to save $150 million. Most of the savings won’t come from salaries, according to a company...Tags: Amy Poehler, Science and Technology, Richard Schulze, Electronics, Amazon.com Inc.
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Retail sales rise 5.8%, but cold weather and payroll taxes sting
Shoppers trod carefully in January, lured into stores by retailers dangling post-holiday clearance deals but spending sparingly to balance out higher payroll taxes and lingering economic uncertainty. Same-store sales at major retailers such as...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Target Brands, Inc., Earnings Forecasts, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Hasbro Inc.
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Best Buy holiday sales fall, but online business shows promise
Struggling electronics giant Best Buy Co. said holiday sales fell despite strong results online and in U.S. stores. For the nine weeks ended Jan. 5, the Minneapolis-based retailer posted revenue of $12.8 billion, down from $12.9 billion in the same...
Tags: Science and Technology, Richard Schulze, Electronics, Macy's, Holidays
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Home video revenue stops falling
Hollywood’s era of plummeting home entertainment revenue is finally over. After seven straight years of falling returns driven by the collapse of DVD sales, Americans in 2012 spent more money watching movies at home than they did the previous year,...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, DVDs, Entertainment, Apple iTunes, Rentals
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Best Buy founder Richard Schulze offers to buy struggling company
Richard Schulze has offered $24 to $26 a share to buy Best Buy, the teetering electronics retailer he founded in 1966 and helped run for decades before being elbowed out in a scandal this spring. Schulze is already the Minnesota company’s largest...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Science and Technology, Economy, Business and Finance, Accounting and Auditing, Richard Schulze
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RadioShack CEO James Gooch steps down
Electronics retailers can’t seem to hold on to their head honchos these days, as RadioShack Corp. said its chief executive, James F. Gooch, was stepping down. Gooch’s departure is effective immediately and the company’s board is already...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Richard Schulze, Amazon.com Inc., Corporate Officers
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