Best Buy Co. Inc.


The Best Of Both Worlds

Performance, low cost. These funds offer a compelling blend of good performance (on a risk-adjusted basis) and low cost (in annual overhead and s...  Read story

Nothing Makes the Skies Friendly Like a Free Plane Ticket

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read story

Best Buy Targets Business Owners

Best Buy will be rolling out a line of products with features designed for business use, the Richfield, Minn.-based electronics retail chain said this wee...  Read story

Taking Aim

Comparison-shopping software lets businesses target potential customers when they're browsing for products on the sites of competitors. Here's how it works.  Read story

CompUSA Targets Small-Business Market

CompUSA, the Dallas-based electronics retail chain, is refocusing its retail efforts to better serve small-business owners, company officials said Tuesday...  Read story

Best Buy and Ingram Micro to Offer Expanded Onsite IT Service

Best Buy (NYSE:BBY)  and Ingram Micro (NYSE:IM)  have teamed up to offer small and midsize businesses across North America onsite IT consulting ...  Read story

Focused Bets

Just because sector funds are something of a crapshoot is no reason to ignore cost comparisons. Shop wisely. Of the eight sector groups tracked b...  Read story

Speakeasy Expands VoIP Offering

Speakeasy, a Best Buy company (NYSE:BBY), has added two new digital voice options to its suite of VoIP services for the small-business market. Speakeasy's...  Read story

Best Buy Canada Offers Data Deposit Box Storage

Geek Squad will deliver secure online data storage and sharing services.  Read story

The Lowly Co-op Gets a Makeover

Minnesota's unique start-up boom.  Read story

Case Study

The Problem: Handmark had 50% of the market for software for PDAs. Unfortunately, fewer people are buying PDAs  Read story

Speakeasy Broadens Customer Broadband Options

Users can now choose broadband providers with any of Speakeasy's voice services.  Read story

The Recyclers

Most people see refuse. These entrepreneurs see raw materials.  Read story

Marketing: Selling the Superstores

A 15-week, nationwide campaign is followed to learn how to get shelf space at the country's hottest retail chains.  Read story

Best Buy Acquires Inc. 500 Broadband Firm

April 10, 2007 -- Speakeasy, a Seattle-based broadband firm that launched over a decade ago as one of the nation's first Internet Cafes, ...  Read story

The Future of Consumer Research

Are you still using traditional focus groups? New techniques could help you discover what your customers are really thinking.  Read story

Beyond Flextime

Trashing the workweek.  Read story

Gift Guide: For the Road

Whether travelling to work, school or Bermuda, these portables will please any lucky recipient.  Read story

Case Study

The Problem: Lance Fried planned to sell his waterproof MP3 players in surf shops. But could he really say no to the big-box retailers?  Read story

Courting the Power Retailers

Mass merchandisers book about 40% of all U.S. retail sales, and discount retailers--chains with 50 stores or more--book 11% to 13% of all retail sales, ev...  Read story

Entrepreneurs of the Year

Be fast, be frugal, be right. These are the business principles that spurred Janie and Victor Tsao to transform their home-based start-up into a $500 million...  Read story

Make Your Web Presence Pay Off

Consultant and author Jim Dion follows-up his recent Web seminar "Read story

Speakeasy to Sell Covad's ADSL2+ Broadband

Covad Communications Group (AMEX:DVW)  has teamed up with Speakeasy, a division of Best Buy (NYSE:BBY)  to sell Covad's ADSL2+ business-class br...  Read story

The Technoethics Trap

Figuring out what is ethical--a challenge under any circumstances--is trickier than ever in the Internet age.  Read story

Case Study: When Your Bank Stops Lending

When Able Planet's bank pulled his $2.5 million line of credit, founder Kevin Semcken had to think fast.  Read story

Business for Sale: An Audio-Book Publisher for $1.14 Million

Three years ago, Bryan Heathman joined forces with his friend Chris Widener, a motivational speaker and the author of books such as T...  Read story

Why Can't Salespeople Be More Creative?

The sales profession has been left behind. Countless books and articles have been written about fostering creativity amongst engineers, product developer...  Read story

Upstarts: New-Biz Watch

A look at Mark Begelman's MARS, a music and recording superstore that encourages customers to touch the merchandise, plus four shorter articles about the ret...  Read story

Study: Discounts Aren't the Only Way to Boost Retail Sales

Dec. 16, 2005 --Small retailers looking to increase customer during and after the holiday season should think twice about simply slashing ...  Read story

The Biggest TV Network You've Never Heard Of

Michael Stern started PRN with this insight: If most people make their buying decisions inside the store, why not show them commercials inside the store? Bec...  Read story

Courage to Charge More

Most businesspeople I know would do anything, anything other than raise their prices. Few prospects send as many corporate chills down as many corporate ...  Read story

Pandora's Long Strange Trip

Online radio that's cool, addictive, free, and-just maybe-a lasting business.  Read story

The Survey Says...

Want to know what consumers think? Put down the comment cards and poll them online instead.  Read story

Sweet Deals

Mrs. Beasley's has created a stellar blueprint for integrating "bricks" and "clicks" businesses through strategic partnerships, superior logistics, and some ...  Read story

Three Scary Words: "Buy It Used"

With more people buying stuff used, companies have to rethink everything from a product's durability to the terms of their warranties.  Read story

Back In Business

In November 2004, Handmark , a Kansas City, Missouri, software company that specialized in P...  Read story

A New Electric Motorcycle Hits the Road

A start-up company named Brammo introduces the Enertia, a battery-powered motorcycle  Read story

How I Did It: Rick Alden, Skullcandy

As told to Nitasha Tiku Industry: Consumer Products & Services Three-Year Growth: Read story

Mail

I'm With Jack I read the revealing interview with Jack Stack ["Read story

Profiting from Politics

Whether John McCain or Barack Obama becomes the next president, a handful of entrepreneurs plan to enjoy -- and make money from -- this political season.  Read story

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