ADVISORY/Best Buy Celebrates Grand Opening of Tacoma, Wash., Store with Ribbon Cutting Today; Retailer to Present United Way of Pierce County with $10,000.

News/Assignment Editors

ADVISORY...for Friday (Nov. 15)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

       What:   Best Buy, North America's leading specialty retailer of
               digital technology and entertainment products, will
               open its doors at 10 a.m. today, Nov. 15 to Tacoma-area
               shoppers. The store located at 2214 South 48th St.,
               features a new store design highlighting
               techno-tainment.

               Dedicated to being a true "good neighbor", Best Buy
               works with a number of non-profit organizations that
               can link Best Buy support and resources to communities
               where Best Buy stores are located. Children and
               families in Tacoma are now eligible to be involved in a
               number of Best Buy/non-profit relationships, including
               those with the United Way, Junior Achievement and Toys
               for Tots. For more information go to
               www.BestBuy.com/About/CommunityRelations.

               The Tacoma store is one of approximately 67 new retail
               locations Best Buy will open across the country in
               2002.

       When:   Today, Nov. 15       Abbas Shaar, general manager of
               9:30 a.m.            Best Buy, will present a $10,000
                                    check to the United Way of Pierce
                                    County.
                                    Mayor of Tacoma, Bill Baarsma will
                                    make the symbolic first purchase.

               10 a.m.              The Best Buy Mascot and Mayor
                                    Baarsma will burst through the
                                    grand opening ribbon to inaugurate
                                    the new store.

      Where:   Best Buy Tacoma
               2214 South 48th St.
               Tacoma, Wash.

 Interviews:   TV crews and photographers welcome
               Call contact to arrange interviews with management and
               store tours

About Best Buy stores

Best Buy stores, owned and operated by Minneapolis-based Best Buy Co., Inc., is the top U.S. retailer of technology and entertainment products and services. Best Buy was founded in St. Paul, Minn. in 1966. Best Buy stores reach an estimated 300 million consumers per year through more than 500 retail stores in 48 states and online at BestBuy.com. For more information about Best Buy, visit the virtual pressroom at http://onlinepressroom.net/bestbuy.