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Best Buy CEO – iPad cannibalizing notebook PC sales by as much as 50%
Apple released the iPad into a marketplace that had notoriously been unwelcoming to all previous tablet devices. Though Apple scored hits with the devices like the iPod and iPhone, the potential for success with the iPad was particularly questionable given that no one was quite sure whether there was a market for such a device […]
Continue reading...iPad availability at Best Buy to expand to all nationwide locations
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
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Best Buy announced today that Apple’s red-hot iPad will be available at all nationwide Best Buy locations starting on September 26. Best Buy, the nation’s largest consumer electronics retailer, today announced that it will expand availability of the Apple iPad with Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi +3G models to all 1,093 U.S. stores beginning Sept. 26. Best […]
Continue reading...Best Buy no longer taking iPhone 4 pre-orders
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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Best Buy is the latest entity hit by the immense interest in Apple’s upcoming iPhone 4. The nationwide retailer announced on their website this afternoon that they are no longer accepting pre-orders for Apple’s next-gen iPhone. Earlier today, AT&T also announced that it was suspending iPhone 4 pre-orders to ensure that orders already processed will […]
Continue reading...Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and Radio Shack to all carry the iPhone 4 on launch day
Friday, June 11, 2010
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When a new Apple product launches, the lines at Apple Stores unbelievably long and can often wrap around full city blocks. While waiting in line with scores of Apple crazed fans might sound like a good time to some, other folks simply want to go in, make a purchase, and leave as quickly as possible. […]
Continue reading...iTunes maintains spot as top music retailer in US, increases lead over WalMart
Thursday, May 20, 2010
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Billboard notes that iTunes in 2009 further cemented its lead as the top retailer of Music in the US with a 26.65% marketshare, up from 21.42% last year. Walmart, the number two music retailer in the US, saw its marketshare drop from 14.99% in 2008 to 12.54% in 2009. The figures were compiled by Billboard’s […]
Continue reading...Report: iPad to land at 675 nationwide Best Buys on April 3rd
Saturday, March 27, 2010
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A leaked image from what appears to be a Best Buy internal memo suggests that the iPad will be available at 675 nationwide Best Buy stores come iPad launch day on Saturday April 3rd. Also mentioned is that Best Buy is planning a nationwide ad campaign for the iPad on April 11th whereby Apple’s newest […]
Continue reading...Thieves pull off Mission Impossible robbery in New Jersey Best Buy, make off with $26,000 worth of Apple notebooks
Sunday, March 7, 2010
In a brazen robbery reminiscent of Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible, or perhaps Michael Westin from Burn Notice, a group of thieves climbed up to the top of the store, used a saw to cut a 3-foot wide hole in the ceiling, and proceeded to stealthly rappel down 16 feet where they hung in the […]
Continue reading...Best Buy employee puts OS X on Dell Mini
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Turns out that those Best Buy guys do know how to have a little bit of fun after all. Check out this photo of a Dell Mini 10v at Best Buy running OS X. Now that’s what we call in-tune customer service! via Gizmodo, which also has a video if you happen to want more […]
Continue reading...What Microsoft needs to learn about retail
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Robert Scoble has an interesting article up at Fast Company detailing a number lessons about retail that Microsoft can learn from Apple and Best Buy. In a nutshell, Microsoft needs to copy Apple, and “find a way to not look like Microsoft.” Yikes. If those are two guidelines Microsoft needs to follow in order to […]
Continue reading...iLife ’09 shipping and in stores
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Users who pre-ordered iLife ’09 have found that their orders have already shipped, and copies of Apple’s latest iLife update can now, reportedly, be found at Best Buy. It will be interesting to see what the reviews of iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand are like. When we went to Best Buy yesterday in search of a […]
Continue reading...Apple Stores to match competitor prices on Black Friday
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
infoAppleStore is reporting that Apple has internally announced that its Apple Stores are authorized to match the Black Friday sales of any authorized Apple re-seller. There have been reports indicating that Apple was already planning significant price cuts for Black Friday, so this Thanksgiving holiday is shaping up to be a great time to purchase […]
Continue reading...Toys ‘R’ Us to sell full assortment of iPod models
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
It was reported two weeks ago that Toys ‘R’ Us would start stocking and selling iPods, and now word is getting out that Toys ‘R’ Us will be selling all iPod models in special iPod boutique areas, similar to how Best Buy sells its Apple products. With almost every teenager owning some sort of iPod, […]
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Friday, September 17, 2010
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