Electronic Devices

Smart TV: The industry push to keep getting smarter

2013-05-17 08:00:00

For decades we've been watching TV. Now a new generation of televisions is beginning to watch us. Technological advances are giving the old clunky "boob tube" an I.Q. injection. Some of the new breed of smart TVs comes equipped with facial recognition...

Will SoftBank buy other U.S. telecom firms after Sprint?

2012-10-16 00:00:00

In a soda market completely dominated by Coke and Pepsi, it wouldn't make much business sense to purchase Royal Crown Cola unless you also had plans to get your hands on Mountain Dew or Dr Pepper. I'm guessing Japan's SoftBank has just such an idea in...

Best Buy's new CEO: Hubert Joly, head of T.G.I. Friday's parent

2012-08-20 08:35:00

Best Buy Co. named a new chief executive Monday, proclaiming Hubert Joly -- the current head of Radisson and T.G.I. Friday’s parent Carlson -- as the best bet to save the beleaguered electronics retailer. Minnesota-based Best Buy has struggled in...

Best Buy profit tanks 91%, stock tumbles to 9-year low

2012-08-21 08:36:00

Looks like�Best Buy Co.’s new chief executive has his work cut out for him, with the electronics retailer’s profit falling 91% and its stock plunging to a nine-year low. The sour earnings report came the day after Best Buy announced Hubert...

The Power of Being Local and Employee-Owned

2011-11-10 10:35:59

In the dynamic, intensely competitive marketplace of appliances and flat screen TVs, Southern California’s independent Howard’s Appliance & Flat Screen Superstores has achieved a profound national business distinction. For nearly a decade,...

Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn resigns from struggling electronics retailer

2012-04-10 07:39:00

Best Buy Co.’s Chief Executive Brian Dunn has resigned from the struggling electronics giant, the company said Tuesday. There was no bad blood affecting the decision, according to Best Buy, “no disagreements … on any matter relating to...

Best Buy the authority in electronics? 'Not anymore,' says CEO

2012-05-22 10:55:00

Add slumping profit to Best Buy’s difficult first quarter: The struggling electronics retailer’s net income tumbled 26% over the same period in which its CEO resigned, its chairman was replaced and its big-box store model was deemed lacking....

Sears returns to profit, J.C. Penney bombs in record stock slide

2012-05-17 09:28:00

Sears Holding Co. may be back from the brink, once again earning a profit in its first quarter.�J.C. Penney, however, has been less blessed as consumers and investors roundly trounced its turnaround effort this week. On Thursday, Sears said it earned...

Target will stop selling the Kindle e-reader and other Amazon products

2012-05-03 16:35:55

Sears to sell, spin off stores after $2.4-billion quarterly loss

2012-02-23 11:15:00

Sears Holdings Corp.�posted a $2.4-billion loss in its fourth quarter but appeased investors by planning to sell or spin off many of its stores to boost liquidity. The Hoffman Estates, Ill., company reported a loss of $22.63 per share in the quarter that...

Virtual dressing room eliminates need to take off your clothes

2012-01-11 16:36:23

Hollywood stumbles on next big step in home video

2012-01-11 00:00:00

The mall went along with an industry move to go beyond operating various collections of mainstream department stores and chain retailers, incorporating traditional mall stores with a popular discounter (Target) and big-box electronics specialist (Best Buy), as well as full-size restaurants and a

2011-01-14 00:00:00

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