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What Factors Led To A Trend Reversal In Best Buy’s Stock?
In 2012, consumer electronics retailer Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) was suffering from high operating costs and impaired profitability. The company’s inability to upgrade its business model further added to the woes, culminating in the resignation of its...
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Product Innovation In Appliances And Consumer Electronics Will Drive Top Line Growth At Best Buy
Best Buy’s (NYSE:BBY) US revenues have been under pressure for the last few years as online retailers took away market share. After falling 10% to about $32 billion in 2012, the company’s Renew Blue strategy helped stabilize the sale...
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Where Are Americans Spending Their Money?
Submitted by Wall St. Daily as part of our contributors program Where Are Americans Spending Their Money? By Jonathan Rodriguez, Senior Analyst Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Commerce released its October retail sales figures. Fo...
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Best Buy Q3 Earnings: Cost Cuts Help Expand Profits As Weak Industry Sales Weigh On Top Line
Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) reported its earnings for the third quarter ended October on November 19th. The consumer electronics retailer reported an earnings per share of $0.37, exceeding a consensus estimate of $0.35. Given weak demand, the company d...
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Two Key Factors Which Will Drive Best Buy’s Growth In Future
Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) launched a transformation program in 2012 on the back of declining margins and comparable sales. Several initiatives under this program have started showing results in terms of improving margins and sales. The company’s strat...
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How Best Buy’s “Renew Blue” Transformation Program Can Impact Its Valuation
Best Buy ‘s (NYSE:BBY) gross margin for its U.S. stores declined from 25% to 22% between 2011 and 2014. U.S. stores account for more than 80% of our price estimate for the retailer. We expect the margin decline to continue over the forecast...
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Best Buy Could Be In For A Tough Holiday Season As Competition Rises
The 2015 holiday season is just around the corner and retailers are gearing up for it. In the past year or so, brick-and-mortar retailers have been reinventing their business models to get back in the race against online rivals. As they are bette...
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Three Ways Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Closing In On Online Retailers
The last few years have seen great shifts in the retailers’ business models, mainly brick-and-mortar retailers. In the wake of increasing dominance of e-commerce giants, big-box stores had to find ways to get back to winning customers. Pric...
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Best Buy And Macy’s Enter Into Partnership As Retailers Look To Improve Asset Utilization
Best Buy ‘s (NYSE:BBY) model seems to be working so well that other retailers are considering following it themselves. We’re talking about the store-within-a-store model which has played a key role in Best Buy’s turnaround sinc...
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Apple Watch Will Make Things Better For Best Buy, As It Catches Up With Amazon
There was a time when people feared that Best Buy (NYSE:BBY), which had long been a go-to place for electronics, would go down in flames as Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) rose to power. Unlike its brick-and-mortar peers including RadioShack, Circuit City a...
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Best Buy Surprises With Strong Sales Growth And Margin Improvement; Will Continue To Invest In Stores-Within-A-Store Format
Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) recently released its financial results for the quarter ended August 1, 2015. To everybody’s surprise, this quarter’s performance was in sharp contrast with that of the previous quarter, when sales stayed flat year...
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An Analysis of Best Buy’s Turnaround And Its Plans For FY 2016
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Best Buy Continues to Add Stores-Within-a-Store For Better Space Utilization
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Best Buy’s Net Profit Falls On Restructuring, As Underlying Business Remains Strong
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Best Buy Earnings Preview: Expectedly Low Bottom Line To Be The Key Feature Of Q1
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