Strengths Best Buy has been the leader in the American Market for consumer electronics. There strength lies in several sales methods‚ one being that they allow customers to browse their selection with little intrusion. Their target customer base is young adults that are tech savvy‚ and the store environment allows for general perusal with sales representative available for general inquiries. The company has sufficiently identified their targeted demographic and have positioned their marketing in
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Best Buy and the IT Development In the last decade‚ many companies have benefitted immensely from investment into Information Technology. Advantages of adopting such technology include better communication‚ greater efficiency‚ and a greater control of what goes on within a company. Best Buy is a well-known retailer of many different technological products‚ including computers and networking products such as modems. However‚ even this technology-oriented company did not begin to incorporate Information
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Best Buy’s Valuation Best Buy Co.‚Inc. (BBY) is one of the leading retail stores in the United States. It was founded in 1966‚ and its headquarter is located in Richfield‚ Minnesota. It operates in both domestic and international segments (Canada & Mexico). Best Buy is a multinational specialty retailer that includes six main revenue categories: 32% consumer electronic‚ 46% computing and mobile phones‚ 8% entertainment‚ 8% appliances‚ 5% services‚ and 1% others. Best Buy has maintained a steady growth
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Best Buy Context Analysis Best Buy Co.‚ Inc. is a specialty retailer of consumer electronics in the United States‚ accounting for 19% of the market. It also operates in Mexico‚ Canada‚ China‚ Turkey and the United Kingdom. The company’s subsidiaries include Geek Squad‚ Magnolia Audio Video‚ Pacific Sales‚ and in Canada operates under both the Best Buy and Future Shop label (Dual Branding). Together these operate more than 1‚150 stores in the United States‚ Puerto Rico‚ Canada‚ China‚ Mexico‚ and
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Best Buy History Best Buy Inc was founded in 1966 as an audio specialty store called Sound of Music established by Schulze and a partner. They opened their first store in St. Paul‚ Minnesota as an attempt to capture the car stereo retail market. It opened two additional stores and had an initial yearly income of $173‚000. Four years later Schulze bought out his partner and proceeded to expand his retail chain. The company would continue to grow over the next few years‚ hitting the one
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Best Buy’s failure in China is another example of a slow‚ arrogant major international player that didn’t understand China. Their own explanation of why they failed: “China’s demand for low prices without regard for service‚” is clearly a lame excuse. By Fang Yu‚ China Entrepreneur magazine Best Buy shut down their nine stores in China on February 22nd‚ and within 48 hours fell into an unprecedented credibility crisis. Customers rushed to Best Buy stores on hearing the news and were locked
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BEST BUY Making Life Fun & Easy! Tiago Alves Andrew Bornstein Mae Brana Grace Tan Meredith Walters Table of Contents Business Summary 4 Vision Statement & Corporate Values 4 Rankings 4 Market Share 5 Stock Chart – 5 Year Performance 5 Financial Highlights 6 History 7 Key Executives 8 Strategy 9 Customer Centricity 9 Value-added Services Business 11 Supply Chain and IT Systems 11 New Store Openings 11 Mergers & Acquisitions 12 Employees 13 Key Competitors
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Situation Analysis 4 a. Company 4 i. History 4 ii. Best Buy Today 7 iii. Best Buy’s New Leadership 8 iv. Organizational Structure 10 b. Best Buy’s Industry 18 c. Best Buy’s SWOT Analysis 19 i. Porter’s Five Forces 20 d. Capabilities and Processes 22 3. Customers 23 4. Products and Services 27 5. Industry Context 30 6. Best Buy Competitors 32 a. S.W.O.T. Analysis of Competitors 32 i. RadioShack
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Although Best Buy is an electronic consumer’s dream‚ they are facing two major threats: 1) The increasing number of competitors and‚ 2) The strong emergence of online retailing. I recommend that to address these issues Best Buy should close several “Brick and Mortar” stores and move to more of an online based strategy. Due to the low cost of online retailing‚ discount retailers such as Amazon‚ Wal-Mart and Target have been able to gain significant market share. Unlike Best Buy‚ Amazon does not
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Overview: Best Buy Co. is a specialty retailer of consumer electronics‚ entertainment software‚ home office products‚ appliances and related services. The company operates both in the domestic and the international segment. Its domestic segment consists of all Best Buy stores and online operations within the United States‚ including the brand names: Best Buy‚ Geek Squad‚ Magnolia Audio Video‚ Pacific Sales Kitchen and Bath Centers and Speakeasy. Its international business covers Canada and most
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