Stores going the extra mile to lure holiday shoppers
The Associated Press NEW YORK -- Used to be, stores could promise discounts up to 70 percent to lure shoppers during the busy holiday period. But the ease of ordering online and the sluggish economy...
View ArticleLocal retailers see a Black Friday boost
The changing Black Friday landscape of earlier hours for big box stores may have an unintended positive consequence for local retail shops. While Thursday night and early Friday morning shopping...
View ArticleSupport for job transition
The day Larry Scott learned he was losing his job was a shock. Recently, Scott took a moment to compose himself and restrain tears before beginning to share his story with a room of about 50 people -...
View ArticleBest Buy to Quebec: J'accuse!
Mark Reilly Managing Editor- Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal Email | Twitter | LinkedIn | Google A dispute over English brands and signage used by American store chains in French-speaking...
View ArticleDwindling Cash Flow at Best Buy (BBY) Has Some Analysts Questioning Takeover...
Tweet Get Alerts BBY Hot Sheet Price: $11.59 -3.09% Rating Summary: 3 Buy, 16 Hold, 2 Sell Rating Trend: = Flat Today's Overall Ratings: Up: 9 | Down: 8 | New: 25 Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) is seeing...
View Article3 Reasons Why PC Demand Can Get Weaker Still
This has been a rough year for all of the players in the PC sector: plagued by a combination of weak IT spending, tablet cannibalization, some mixed opinions for Windows 8 and various other factors,...
View ArticleManaging mayhem at Best Buy's Black Friday
Photos by Matt Gentry | The Roanoke Times Josh Bostic (center) talks with other managers and salesmen at Best Buy in Roanoke on Friday. Josh Bostic stretches for some Blu-ray players Friday in...
View ArticleBest Buy manager faces the chaos head-on
It's about 90 minutes to zero hour on Thanksgiving night and Mike Ersfeld is a study of calm in motion. The 31-year old general manager of the Best Buy store in Eden Prairie bounces from one end of...
View ArticleTablets will outsell notebooks in US this quarter and next year, says NPD
Forecast suggests 'Black Friday' will put tablet sales into overdrive and push them past those of notebooks in North America - a trend that will strengthen in 2013 Bargain hunters pore over electronic...
View Article>Stores try to make holiday shopping cheap and easy
NEW YORK (AP) — This holiday season, Burger King won't be the only place where you can have it your way. It used to be enough for stores to promise discounts up to 70 percent to lure shoppers during...
View ArticleU.S. Stocks Have Best Weekly Rally Since June on Budget
U.S. stocks had their biggest weekly rally since June after President Barack Obama expressed confidence on a budget agreement with Congress and data from China to Germany bolstered optimism about...
View ArticleStores try to make holiday shopping cheap and easy
NEW YORK — This holiday season, Burger King won't be the only place where you can have it your way. It used to be enough for stores to promise discounts of up to 70 percent off to lure shoppers during...
View ArticleStores borrow from fast-food industry's playbook
NEW YORK -- This holiday season, Burger King won't be the only place where you can have it your way. It used to be enough for stores to promise discounts of up to 70 percent off to lure shoppers...
View ArticleBest Buy Is Down, But Not Out
By most accounts, Best Buy (BBY) has experienced many challenges in its business over the past 24 months. Among them are increased competition from Amazon.com (AMZN) and others, a decrease in the...
View ArticleBlack Friday 2012: Wal-Mart, Macy's, other retailers making it your way this...
This holiday shopping season that kicks off with Black Friday 2012 (or rather with Thanksgiving Day Black Friday creep), Burger King won't be the only place where you can have it your way. It used to...
View ArticleStores fight showrooming with price matching, customer service
When shoppers hit the stores Thursday night for the official kickoff of Black Friday and the holiday shopping season, many of them will be entering armed with smartphones. They will be using the...
View ArticleMathew Martoma charged with conspiracy
Chronicle News Services | November 20, 2012 Comments (0) E-mail Print Tweet Page 1 of 1 INSIDER TRADING Fraud charges for adviser A former hedge fund portfolio manager was arrested Tuesday on charges...
View ArticleBest Buy: No Gifts For Shareholders This Holiday Season
Shares of Best Buy (BBY) took another beating on Tuesday. Shares fell 13.0% after the company released disappointing third quarter results before the opening. In the past trading week alone, shares...
View ArticleHP says firm lied about finances
FRAUD Hewlett-Packard said Tuesday that it's the victim of a multibillion-dollar fraud at the hands of a British company it bought last year that lied about its finances. HP CEO Meg Whitman said...
View ArticleBest Buy shares fall after weak earnings
NEW YORK - Shares Best Buy fell Wednesday, as two ratings agencies downgraded its credit ratings the day after the struggling electronics chain reported a weaker-than-expected third quarter, hurt by...
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