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Companies dissolve European partnership

Best Buy Co. Inc. (Richfield, Minn.) is selling its stake in its European joint venture to partner Carphone Warehouse...

June launch planned for 1400 locations

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suwon, South Korea) has announced a plan to open 1400 brand shops in Best Buy stores across...

Ad and tweet called low-tech

Much post-Super Bowl criticism has centered on the Best Buy commercial featuring actress/comedienne Amy Poehler and a...

Looking to shutter stores in China and Europe

Best Buy (Minneapolis) is closing 15 of its 75 stores in Canada, The Wall Street Journal reports. The company...

Gillet exits to Symantec

Best Buy (Richfield, Minn.) lost the head of its digital business after less than a year. Stephen Gillet has left the...

The good, the bad and the ugly that made our year

10. Sour Apple
With mapping software that gives bad directions, management shakeups that include...

For the week of November 19, 2012

MANAGEMENT CHANGES

Berkeley, Calif.-based ICU Eyewear Inc. appointed Rich Conti ceo and a member of its board of...

Compensation for executive making switch from hospitality brand to electronics retailer

Best Buy Co. (Richfield, Minn.) is giving newly appointed ceo Hubert Joly a pay package valued at as much as $32 million...

Hubert Joly leaves hospitality to join struggling retailer

Hubert Joly, formerly of the Carlson hospitality company, is Best Buy’s (Eden Prairie, Minn.) new ceo, The New York...

Richard Schulze send offer letter to the board

Best Buy founder Richard Schulze announced his bid to buy the company for $24 to $26 a share, a deal valued around $10...

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