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Best Buy will be closing 50 of their big box stores in 2012, 8 previously announced and 42 more just made official. Most of them will be shut down by mid-May, a last few by July. The release talks about employees, and how they'll try to find them positions within the organization, but it doesn't speak clearly about a strategy moving forward.
A survey of iPhone shoppers from December last year through February, reveals that 13% had bought their iPhones from Best Buy, while 15% had purchased theirs directly from Apple. Of course, carriers brought in the lion's share of sales; AT&T sold to 32% of those surveyed, Verizon claimed 30%, and Sprint a less-than-impressive 7%. The survey, conducted by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, also showed that online stores only accounted for 24% of sales, with regular brick-and-mortar establishments taking up the remaining 76%.
Apple has announced that, in addition to Apple Retail Stores, the new iPad will also be available for purchase on Friday, March 16 at Best Buy, Radio Shack, Sam’s Club, Target, and Walmart in the US.
It looks like Best Buy is trying to offload some iPad 2 inventory on their internal employee auction website ahead of the iPad 3 launch.
AppleInsider reports that Apple will be bringing mini "store-within-a-store" setups to 25 different Target locations around the country.
The initial opening would be a small start, given that Target, the
Don't ask why now, don't ask why 32GB, just know that if you want to BOGO (buy-one-get-one-free) a 2010 iPhone 4 -- again -- head on over to Best Buy.
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For today only, and in store only, Best Buy is offering qualified buyers last year's iPhone 4 at 32 GB capacity on BOGO (buy one, get one free) on either
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Best Buy has released a new advert for the holidays called “Everything Apple at Best Buy", and it's aimed squarely at poaching potential Apple purchasers. Best Buy has Apple Stores
