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Best Buy Plans On Saying Goodbye To 50 Stores

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:53:37 +0000

Some sad news for the world’s largest electronics store. The Best Buy Company is planning to close 50 of it’s U.S. stores. This is to cut costs due to slower than expected sales at the end of 2011. In a story from the Times Union, Best Buy operates two stores around the Albany area. On is [...]

Best Buy Employee Terminated For Tackling Thief

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Thu, 05 May 2011 12:07:10 +0000

Sometimes you think you're doing the right thing, but you're really not. This happened when Roger Kline thought he may have saved the day when a thief tried to make good with over $1,600 in merchandise, but his instinct to tackle the sticky-fingered customer didn't save his job. In fact, it got him fired.

Best Buy Wireless Stores Coming

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:39:23 +0000

I’m not sure if this will affect our local stores. Best Buy is the largest U.S. electronics retailer and they’re planning to use less space at their big-box stores by 10 percent over the next few years. This is something that they think should eventually save $70 million to $80 million annually. Their plan is [...]