Best Buy Announces ``Partner of the Year'' Award Winners; Top Vendors Recognized for Contributions to Retailer's Success.Business Editors MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2002 Best Buy Co., Inc. today presented "Best of the Best" awards to Household Retail Services for service support and Toshiba America Consumer Products, Inc. for merchandising merchandising Element of marketing concerned especially with the sale of goods and services to customers. One aspect of merchandising is advertising, which aims to capture the interest of the segment of the population most likely to buy the product. , Toshiba's second consecutive year winning this distinction. These awards are part of Best Buy's annual "Bravo BRAVO Cardiology A clinical trial–Blockade of the GP IIB/IIIA Receptor to Avoid Vascular Occlusion– which evaluated lotrafiban in preventing strokes and acute MI. See GP IIB/IIIA. ! Awards." "Winning vendor partners were selected for demonstrating a passion, vision and drive for operational excellence and financial performance throughout the past year," said Brad Anderson, Best Buy vice chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . Category "Partner of the Year" award winners were selected from each merchandising category and service support area within the Company. Category winners include: -- AIG Warranty Guard -- Bose Corporation -- Bush Industries -- ClickIQ -- Eastman-Kodak Company -- GE Communication -- Household Retail Services -- JVC Company of America -- Memorex Products, Inc. -- MSN -- National Parts -- Phoenix Fixtures Inc. -- Samsung Electronics America, Inc. Digital Information Technology Division -- Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Inc. -- Sony Electronics, Inc., Information Technology Products Division (PDA) -- Sony Electronics, Inc., Information Technology Products Division (Notebook Computers) -- Sony Electronics, Inc., Information Technology Products Division (Desktop Computers) -- Sony Music Distribution -- Sprint-PCS Division -- Symantec Corporation -- Toshiba America Consumer Products, Inc. -- Toshiba America, Computer Systems Division -- Triangle Network -- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Inc. -- United Parcel Service Inc. -- Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. -- Whirlpool Corporation -- Wipro Technologies Winners were selected from criteria including year over year revenue growth, gross margin return on inventory, share of Best Buy's business within the category, shipping performance, cost control and return on investment. Vendors were also recognized for speed and innovation, honesty and respect, business excellence and Turning On the Fun. 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 St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery , 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. About Best Buy Co., Inc. Minneapolis-based Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BBY BBY Best Buy (stock symbol) BBY Before Battle of Yavin (Star Wars) BBY BeBeyond (Chinese online community) ) 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 Magnolia, city, United States Magnolia (măgnō`lyə), city (1990 pop. 11,151), seat of Columbia co., SW Ark.; inc. 1855. Its oil industry has been important since 1938. Hi-Fi (MagnoliaHiFi.com), Media Play (MediaPlay.com), On Cue (OnCue.com), Sam Goody Sam Goody is a music and entertainment retailer in the United States and formerly in the United Kingdom. It is owned and operated by Musicland, which itself is owned by former rival Trans World Entertainment which also runs Suncoast Motion Picture Company and, until January 2006, (SamGoody.com), and Suncoast (Suncoast.com). The Company reaches consumers through more than 1,900 retail stores in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. |
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