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May 14, 2012
New chairman named at Best Buy, results of Dunn investigation revealed

A new era is emerging at Best Buy as the company tries to come back from the fallout over disgraced former CEO Brian Dunn and re-establish itself is the dominant player in the CE space.

May 14, 2012
New chairman named at Best Buy, results of Dunn investigation revealed

A new era is emerging at Best Buy as the company tries to come back from the fallout over disgraced former CEO Brian Dunn and re-establish itself is the dominant player in the CE space.

May 3, 2012
Best Buy loses another top exec

Best Buy’s chief marketing officer, Barry Judge, has resigned. His resignation follows the departure last month of chief executive Brian Dunn.

May 3, 2012
Best Buy loses another top exec

Best Buy’s chief marketing officer, Barry Judge, has resigned. His resignation follows the departure last month of chief executive Brian Dunn.

April 20, 2012
Search committee tasked with finding new Best Buy CEO

MINNEAPOLIS — Best Buy may be dealing with all of the negative attention surrounding the resignation of Brian Dunn, but "the show must go on," as they say, and the search has begun for a new CEO. The company has announced the members of its CEO search committee. The company said the committee will oversee a global search process to identify internal and external candidates, including current interim CEO Mike Mikan.

April 17, 2012
Best Buy reveals locations of store closings

Best Buy on Saturday revealed the locations of the 50 stores that it is closing this year, including seven in California, six in Illinois and six in the company’s home state of Minnesota. The chain has already closed two locations: one in Missouri and one in Arizona.

April 17, 2012
Best Buy reveals locations of store closings

Best Buy on Saturday revealed the locations of the 50 stores that it is closing this year, including seven in California, six in Illinois and six in the company’s home state of Minnesota. The chain has already closed two locations: one in Missouri and one in Arizona.

April 11, 2012
Best Buy probes former CEO conduct

Best Buy’s announcement on Tuesday morning that its CEO Brian Dunn had resigned the company by mutual agreement has been updated with information that a review is being conducted concerning the former chief executive’s personal conduct.

April 11, 2012
Best Buy probes former CEO conduct

Best Buy’s announcement on Tuesday morning that its CEO Brian Dunn had resigned the company by mutual agreement has been updated with information that a review is being conducted concerning the former chief executive’s personal conduct.

April 10, 2012
Dunn done at Best Buy

After nearly 30 years, Brian Dunn has resigned as CEO and director of Best Buy.

April 10, 2012
Dunn done at Best Buy

After nearly 30 years, Brian Dunn has resigned as CEO and director of Best Buy.

March 29, 2012
Best Buy invests in small formats to cut big costs

In a move to tighten its footprint and reduce costs, Best Buy Co. said Thursday it will close 50 of its signature big-box stores and open 100 of its small mobile locations in the United States in fiscal 2013.

March 19, 2012
Smartphone shopping dominated holiday season

During the 2011 holiday season, the top retail applications and websites combined — including Amazon, Best Buy, eBay, Target and Walmart — reached nearly 60% of smartphone owners, according to Nielsen.

March 9, 2012
Best Buy brews new role with former Starbucks exec

While it may seem strange that a former Starbucks executive has been tapped to head Best Buy's digital and global business services, a closer look reveals Best Buy brewed a perfect fit.

March 9, 2012
Best Buy brews new role with former Starbucks exec

While it may seem strange that a former Starbucks executive has been tapped to head Best Buy's digital and global business services, a closer look reveals Best Buy brewed a perfect fit.

March 9, 2012
Retailers take American Express track to new discount program

McDonald’s, Whole Foods Market and Best Buy are among the retailers participating in a new American Express program that allows shoppers to load discounts onto their American Express cards via Twitter.

February 28, 2012
Best Buy won race, but Target made lasting impression

Target will forever be associated with the weirdest Daytona 500 ever after the car it sponsors was mysteriously involved in a single car accident that caused a huge on-track fire and a two-hour delay that caused the already rained-delayed race to finish after midnight on Monday.

February 6, 2012
Market Track: January 2012

The year got started with an overall drop in circular counts per market from five flyers to four flyers compared with January 2011.

January 30, 2012
Online data reveals final holiday tally

It was a record year for online sales this past holiday season, but Target saw others experience stronger growth, according to the most recent site visitation statistics from online measurement firm comScore.

January 23, 2012
There's no whining in retail

A letter that surfaced last week from Target executives to the company’s suppliers brought back memories of Tom Hanks signature line from the movie A League of Their Own about how there is no crying in baseball.

January 17, 2012
Best Buy in management shuffle

Best Buy announced that Shari Ballard and Mike Vitelli, who had both been president of Best Buy's domestic business, will take on separate jobs, effective immediately.

January 17, 2012
Best Buy in management shuffle

Best Buy announced that Shari Ballard and Mike Vitelli, who had both been president of Best Buy's domestic business, will take on separate jobs, effective immediately.

January 5, 2012
Best Buy completes purchase of IT, cloud services provider

Best Buy said Thursday that it has completed the acquisition of mindShift Technologies.

January 5, 2012
Best Buy completes purchase of IT, cloud services provider

Best Buy said Thursday that it has completed the acquisition of mindShift Technologies.

January 5, 2012
CE report offers holiday recap, 2012 outlook

Just in time for the Consumer Electronics Show next week in Las Vegas, Market Research Solutions (MRS) is out with a new report that provides unconventional insights into the 2011 holiday season and outlook for 2012.

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