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What: Local fans can be among the first to purchase Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2, the highly anticipated video game releasing at midnight as part of a series of special events at several Best Buy stores nationwide. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the sequel to the best-selling first-person action game of all time, will be available for purchase beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, November 10 at Best Buy locations nationwide.
MINNEAPOLIS, October 7, 2009 – Trapped in a house haunted by once useful, but now useless, gadgets and gizmos? Is your outdated technology truly scary – maybe a VCR that eats tapes, a screeching dial-up modem, a dryer that devours socks, or a laptop that could double as a headstone? Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) can help! Today, with a little help from Poltergeist’s Zelda Rubenstein (Tangina), the nation’s largest consumer electronics retailer launches “Scary Technology,” a photo contest for consumers to show us their outdated home technology for a chance to win a complete home theater makeover.
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, Minn. – Best Buy and the Minnesota Twins today announced a new seven-year partnership that includes a founding partner designation for Target Field, the new world-class home of the Twins opening in April 2010.
STATESVILLE, N.C. – Elliott Sadler, driver of the No.19 Best Buy Dodge in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will be “seeing green” and looking for the checkered flag on Sat., Sept. 12 at the Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond International Raceway. At the race, Sadler will trade his car’s traditional Best Buy blue and yellow exterior for an exclusive lime-colored paint job in honor of the new Insignia Advanced Series line of products, which is one of Best Buy’s premier private label brands.
MINNEAPOLIS, SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 – Beatlemania is in full swing at Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) to celebrate the release of The Beatles™: ROCK BAND™ and The Beatles’ remastered studio albums. On Wednesday, Sept. 9, the nation’s leading entertainment destination will celebrate the launch by giving away all-expense paid trips to London to tour The Beatles’ famous stomping grounds, including an exclusive tour of Abbey Road Studios plus all access membership to its Reward Zone Premier Silver program. Fans can enter to win the trips throughout the day with a variety of other Beatles memorabilia and giveaways occurring during live broadcasts with top morning show DJs in 10 cities across the country– Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco. Customers will also have the opportunity to experience the unique entertainment access benefits Best Buy provides its best customers with complimentary Reward Zone Premier Silver memberships being given away throughout the event.
@15, Best Buy Co., Inc.’s (NYSE:BBY) platform to inspire and empower teens, today announced the availability of never before released Taylor Swift content on its website – www.at15.com. In an extension of its partnership with American country-pop singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, @15 has released an exclusive acoustic version of Swift’s single “Fifteen”, along with a music video and mobile wallpaper, all available for download today to @15 registered members. @15 membership is free – just visit www.at15.com, create a profile, and jump right into the conversation!
MINNEAPOLIS, July 2, 2009 – Best Buy Co., Inc. today unveiled a new TSA (“Teen Service Announcement”) featuring pop-punk band Fall Out Boy at www.at15.org. Fall Out Boy participated in the TSA as supporters of @15, the teen-led social change platform underwritten by Best Buy to give teens a voice and provide them with opportunities to direct the company’s philanthropy through the @15 Fund.
MINNEAPOLIS, July 2, 2009 – Best Buy Co., Inc. celebrates today as philanthropic partner Genesys Works is recognized by President Barack Obama as one of the preeminent nonprofit organizations working to improve communities across the United States. President Obama’s identification of Genesys Works came as a result of the newly created White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, formally announced in a media conference yesterday afternoon. Through the new White House program, a $50 million Social Innovation Fund was also established to expand the outreach of promising non-profit programs like Genesys Works throughout the country.
Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) announced today that @15, its platform to inspire and empower teens, was named official charitable partner of the TAYLOR SWIFT FEARLESS 2009 TOUR. @15 is a teen-led social change platform underwritten by Best Buy to connect with teens, give voice to their perspectives, and give them opportunities to direct the company's philanthropy through the @15 Fund.
Tlalnepantla, Estado de Mexico, December 5th, 2008 – Emphasizing its confidence and commitment with Mexico, Best Buy opened today its first store in Mexico, located in Mundo E Shopping Center, at the northern part of Mexico City, in the presence of Felipe Calderon, President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, Governor of the State of Mexico, Marco Antonio Rodriguez Hurtado, Tlalnepantla Municipality Mayor, and Mr. Gerardo Ruiz Mateos, Minister of Economy.
