Printer Friendly
The Free Library
19,607,059 articles and books
Member login
User name  
Password 
 
Join us Forgot password?

Best Buy Gives Its Customers More Flexibility To Shop On Their Time This Holiday Season.


MINNEAPOLIS -- Best Buy today announced it will extend its hours of operation during the holiday season to make shopping more convenient for its customers. Beginning early this month and throughout early January, stores will have added hours, including an 18-hour day to shop on Friday, Nov. 25 when stores are open from 5 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Best Buy's additional hours answer customers' requests for more time and flexibility to shop during the holiday shopping season. According to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 a recent Best Buy holiday survey, nearly 80 percent of consumers attribute shopping for gifts as the main source of increased stress during the holidays. Additionally, two out of three consumers will still be shopping the week before Christmas.

"Our customers told us they needed more flexibility to do their holiday shopping and we listened," said Brian Dunn, Best Buy's president of retail - North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . "With our additional store hours and Blue Shirt team of experts we can help shoppers find what they need on their time and hopefully alleviate some of their shopping stress."

Each of the company's 714 namesake stores in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  will have extended hours throughout the holiday season. Please visit www.bestbuy.com/storelocator for specific store hours.

In addition to the added store hours, customers can shop online at www.bestbuy.com 24 hours a day and have orders shipped directly or pick up in store.

About Best Buy Co., Inc.

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 an innovative Fortune 100 growth company that continually strives to create superior customer experiences. Through more than 870 retail stores across the United States and in Canada, our employees connect customers with technology and entertainment products and services that make life easier and more fun. We sell consumer electronics, home-office products, entertainment software, appliances and related services. A Minneapolis-based company, our operations include: Best Buy (BestBuy.com and BestBuyCanada.ca), Future Shop (FutureShop.ca), Geek Squad The Geek Squad is a subsidiary of the Best Buy Company and is based in Richfield, Minnesota [1]. Originally founded in 1994 by Robert Stephens, it offers various computer-related services and accessories for residential and commercial clients.  (GeekSquad.com) and Magnolia Audio Video Magnolia Audio Video is a specialty consumer electronics retailer in the United States. It currently operates 13 standalone stores throughout Washington, Oregon, and California.  (Magnoliaav.com). We support our communities through employee volunteerism and grants from The Best Buy Children's Foundation.
COPYRIGHT 2005 Business Wire
No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder.
Copyright 2005, Gale Group. All rights reserved. Gale Group is a Thomson Corporation Company.

 Reader Opinion

Title:

Comment:



 

Article Details
Printer friendly Cite/link Email Feedback
Publication:Business Wire
Date:Nov 4, 2005
Words:343
Previous Article:``The Legend of Johnny Cash'' Spans The Legend's Entire Career for the First Time on a Single Disc.
Next Article:CHAD Therapeutics To Release Second Quarter Results on Thursday, November 10, 2005; Webcast Set For 11:00 a.m. EST.



Related Articles
Retailers report sluggish holiday sales.
'TIS SEASON FOR SHOPPING; YULETIDE BUYERS CROWD AREA MALL.
SHOPPING FRENZY IN FULL SWING RETAILERS WORRIED ABOUT LESS TIME TO SCRAMBLE FOR GIFTS.
Coping with Martha Stewart: the holiday season wreaks havoc on the workplace. It also accents the companies that have their houses in order.
LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS SAY SEASON ALREADY LOOKING UP.
ALL YOU WANT FOR CHRISTMAS.

Terms of use | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc. | Feedback | For webmasters | Submit articles