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Best Buy Outlook Overshadows Holiday Sales Gains
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Best Buy sales increase by 3.4% in U.S. stores for the nine weeks of the 2014 holiday season through Jan. 3, and online sales increased 13.4%, with the improving U.S. economy. Sales were higher for newer flat screen televisions and smartphones as customers made replacement with new models. The outlook for 2015 remains uncertain because of volatile exchange rates and declining electronics prices.
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Best Buy shares were up 112% in 2013 being the top performer in the S&P 500 Index . The shares were up 16% in April 2013 with the announcement on Samsung taking space inside all Best Buy stores. The new approach was a counter strategy to "showrooming."
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Hubert Joly, CEO of Best Buy since August 2012 and the rapid turnaround at Best Buy
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Joly is a graduate of the French Institut Etudes de Politiques and was CEO of Swedish hotel and travel service firm Carlson before joining Best Buy in August 2012. His strategy was to convert shoppers at Best Buy into buyers by making sure they get the best price they can get elsewhere. And to offer them service, convenience and advice. For him it was "shame on us" if the shopper walked out without buying because this was a better deal than he could get anywhere else. To do this he took out costs elsewhere. Best Buy's stock is up about 240% and is one of the best performing stocks of 2013.
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