eMarketer: COVID-19 Shakes Up Digital World
According to eMarketer, e-commerce sales will jump 32.4% this year. But the numbers aren’t the only story as Kroger becomes the first supermarket operator to make the top 10 sales leaders.
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Best Buy Kicks Off Black Friday October 13
Best Buy is kicking off select Black Friday deals next week as it looks to compete with Amazon’s Prime Day.
GE Enters Small Appliances Category
GE Appliances, a Haier company, is launching into small appliances and expanding its product offerings beyond major household goods. The program launches with 19 new products and 24 new SKUs, including coffeemakers, toasters, toaster ovens, blenders and food processors, across its GE, GE Profile and Cafe brands this month.
Best Buy Piloting Ship From Store Delivery Program
An early proponent of buy online pick up in store, Best Buy is again looking to expand the role of its stores in the distribution and fulfillment process, the company revealed in its second quarter conference call.
Home Life Lifts Best Buy Q2
Merchandise for the home helped drive strong Best Buy second quarter results.
Placer: Dollar Stores, Best Buy Enjoying Traffic Rebounds
Everyday necessities and electronics have gotten a pandemic boost, and according to Placer.ai, that has led to strong rebounds in store visits to Dollar General, Dollar Tree and Best Buy.
Best Buy Teams With Google Cloud To Improve Customer Experience
Google Cloud and Best Buy are expanding their partnership via a new, multi-year agreement that names Google Cloud as the cloud provider for Best Buy’s enterprise data platform.
Molekule Air Purifiers Roll Out At Best Buy
Molekule has signed its first major U.S. retail agreement with Best Buy. The company said its consumer line of air purification devices will be available through BestBuy.com and in about 350 retail stores across the country.
Best Buy Raises Hourly Wage For Employees
Best Buy is raising the starting hourly wage for all domestic employees to $15 effective August 2.
Best Buy Sets Face Mask Requirement For Shoppers
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise throughout the country, Best Buy is joining many retailers by requiring all customers to wear face coverings when shopping in its stores.
Best Buy Inviting Shoppers Back Into Stores
Beginning June 15, Best Buy Co. intends to allow a limited number of people at a time into more than 800 of its locations across the United States.
Best Buy Q1 Results Better Than Expected
While reporting a sales decline, Best Buy’s first quarter was better than expected, despite the retailer temporarily shifting to a contactless curbside-only operating model for all its domestic stores during the coronavirus pandemic.
Best Buy Opening 200 Stores For By-Appointment Shopping
How to open up stores in the COVID-19 pandemic is up for consideration across the retail industry, and Best Buy has determined to restart operations in 200 stores across the U.S. to offer an in-store, by appointment consultation service.
Best Buy Furloughs Some Store Employees As Sales Decline
Best Buy is taking several actions in response to the pandemic, temporarily furloughing some store employees, as sales remained mixed in March and April as the coronavirus spread.
Updated: Williams Sonoma, Other Retailers Close Stores, Reduce Hours
A range of retailers across channels are responding to the coronavirus outbreak with moves to temporarily close their stores, reduce store hours and other consumer and employee oriented initiatives.
Retailers Respond To Coronavirus Outbreak
Retailers across a range of channels are addressing the coronavirus outbreak in stores and online, responding with measures to address consumer and employee safety and health concerns, ramping up the cleaning of stores and boosting cleaning tool and supply assortments to meet increased consumer needs.
Best Buy Enjoys Stellar Q4
The fourth quarter ran smoothly for Best Buy as the company reported sales and income advances while beating a Wall Street earnings estimate.
Best Buy Concludes Independent Review Of CEO Barry
Best Buy has issued a statement regarding the independent review of allegations against the company’s chief executive officer Corie Barry contained in an anonymous letter sent to the board in December.
Report: Best Buy Investigating CEO Barry
According to a Wall Street Journal report, the Best Buy board of directors is investigating whether CEO Corie Barry had an inappropriate romantic relationship with a fellow executive.
Best Buy Kicks Off 12 Days Of Deals Promotion
Best Buy is kicking off a 12 Days of Deals gift promotion on December 9, with offers on what it said are the hottest tech brands revealed each day, guaranteed to be lowest price of the season.