ADVISORY/Photo Opportunity: Best Buy to Relocate Joliet Location; Nearly 30,000 Square-feet of Product to be Moved Monday.

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ADVISORY...for Monday (June 3)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

      What: Best Buy, North America's leading specialty retailer of
        digital technology and entertainment products, will relocate
        the Joliet store that opened in 1992. Sunday evening doors of
        the Joliet location at 1500 North Larkin will close in
        preparation of a move that will take Best Buy to 3351 Mall
        Loop Drive across from Louise Joliet Mall.

          The move of nearly 30,000 square-feet of electronics products
        is scheduled to take approximately four days, however 90
        percent of the move will occur on Monday. Two 18-wheeler
        semi-trucks will transport the electronic products to new
        store design highlighting techno-tainment.

          The new 45,000 square-foot Joliet location will celebrate its
        grand opening on Friday, June 14th at 10 a.m. The store
        incorporates the most recent Best Buy store design, which was
        created to enhance the customer's shopping experience.
        Features of the new design include customers flowing through a
        single-line checkout, wider aisles for better traffic flow,
        and a transaction center to help with complex purchases such
        as home theater systems.

      When: -- Monday, June 3   Two 18-wheeler semis will arrive at the
             9:00 a.m.        old Best Buy location to move nearly
                              30,000 square-feet of electronics
                              products

      Where: Best Buy Joliet
           1500 North Larkin
           Joliet, Ill.

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

About Best Buy Co., Inc.

Minneapolis-based Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) is North America's number one specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers, entertainment software and appliances. The Company operates retail stores and commercial web sites under the names: Best Buy (BestBuy.com), Future Shop (FutureShop.ca); Magnolia Hi-Fi (MagnoliaHiFi.com), Media Play (MediaPlay.com), On Cue (OnCue.com), Sam Goody (SamGoody.com), and Suncoast (Suncoast.com). The Company reaches consumers through more than 1,800 retail stores in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.