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09 Nov: Human Rights Campaign Gives Best Buy Perfect Rating

Over the last few years, Best Buy has made great strides in diversity and inclusion. But don’t just take our word for it. Today, we’ve landed a top spot on the annual Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Corporate Equality Index, achieving a perfect rating of 100 and earning the designation as a “Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality” for the 13^th year.

Released annually, HRC’s Corporate Equality Index benchmarks and reports on how corporate policies and practices are helping to achieve LGBTQ workplace equality.

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04 Nov: Hubert Joly Opens Up About Diversity and Inclusion

Best Buy Chairman and CEO Hubert Joly welcomed the Twin Cities Black Affinity Network to corporate headquarters on Saturday for a conversation about diversity and inclusion.

“My purpose is to inspire people around me in a positive way and to use the position I have as a platform to create positive change,” Hubert told the crowd of about 250.

Part of that change is bringing more diversity to the workplace. “If we don’t embrace the richness of backgrounds and experiences, then it’s going to be a terrible world for individuals who feel excluded,” Hubert said.

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03 Nov: New Voice Shopping Features Available at Best Buy

Just in time for the holidays, there’s a new way to shop the Best Buy Deal of the Day, and it’s as easy as saying, “Alexa, talk to Best Buy.”

Starting today, Best Buy customers can learn about and order Best Buy’s Deal of the Day products on an Amazon Alexa device. Shoppers can also buy from a tailored list of recommendations that is based on their needs and taken from Best Buy’s full assortment of laptops and TVs.

Voice technology is one of the most exciting new tech trends, letting customers do everything from turning off the lights to getting traffic updates.

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31 Oct: Update from Best Buy on iPhone X

Dear Customers:

We owe you an explanation about the price at which we sold unactivated iPhones.

Many customers told us they like to buy a phone that is not “activated,” meaning it does not come with a carrier contract. This may be because they broke a phone and want to replace it or are on a company plan and not allowed to upgrade. Best Buy chose to meet the needs of these customers by selling unactivated phones. To accommodate this, we gave consumers the choice to buy the iPhone X through installment plans with carriers or buy it outright, unactivated.

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30 Oct: Free holiday shipping, expanded same-day delivery now available at Best Buy

With the holiday season approaching, your schedule will get busier and your time more valuable. But there’s shopping to be done and gift lists to tackle. So, this year, we are providing even more options to make shopping with Best Buy effortless.

“We always want to help make shopping with Best Buy as easy as possible for our customers,” said Allison Peterson, president of BestBuy.com. “But we especially want this to be the case during the holiday season. Whether a customer wants to shop in store, online with free shipping or if they need a product the same day, we want to help people easily get and give great tech.”

By Natalie Albers Company News

30 Oct: Join Best Buy in Supporting St. Jude Families

When cancer strikes a family, life instantly turns upside down. Parents will stop at nothing to save their children’s lives. But, too often, that care comes at a cost: stress caused by time away from home and work, loss of income and mounting healthcare bills. That’s where St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® is different.

St. Jude wants families to worry only about helping their children live, and that’s why Best Buy participates in the St. Jude Thanks and Giving® campaign.

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27 Oct: Best Buy’s CMO Provides Sneak Peek at New Holiday Ads

Whether it’s a new TV, smartphone or gaming console, you hope it’s the gift they open last and totally freak out about. It’s just that special.

That’s why Best Buy’s holiday marketing campaign is focused on how the recipient reacts — and how that makes you feel — when they open the perfect gift. You know, the one they’ll tell all their friends about the next day and look forward to using all year long.

Best Buy’s “Open This Last” television commercials and digital ads start running on Sunday, but we sat down with Best Buy Chief Marketing Officer Whit Alexander to get a sneak peek.

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26 Oct: Best Buy to Reduce Carbon Emissions 60% by 2020

Best Buy today announced a new goal to reduce carbon emissions 60 percent by 2020.

This follows yesterday’s announcement in which we committed to prepare 1 million underserved teens for tech-reliant jobs each year by 2020. Together, these commitments demonstrate our holistic approach to positively impact people, communities and the environment.

Best Buy’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Laura Bishop, will speak at the annual BSR conference today and connect recent natural disasters to the company’s heightened plans for fast-tracking operational improvements and renewable sourcing.

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25 Oct: Best Buy Making Major Investment in Teen Tech Programs

Early on a bitterly cold Saturday in January 2006, 30 eager teens gathered in Minneapolis’ North High School gym to make the first computers they’d ever own.

A handful of Geek Squad Agents arrived with desktop components. They patiently explained the inner workings and possibilities of what they and the students would build together. By the end of the day, each of those proud teens had an invaluable learning tool to take home.

That event marked the beginning of a Best Buy movement to help underserved young people.

By John Vomhof Jr. Company News

19 Oct: Best Buy Opens New Distribution Center in Compton, California

Best Buy on Wednesday celebrated the grand opening of a new distribution center in Compton, California, just in time for the busy holiday season.

The facility will help the company meet growing demand for large products, such as big-screen TVs and major appliances, by shipping to Best Buy stores and customers’ homes across the Los Angeles area. It has more than 90 employees and plans to ramp up to 125 over the holidays.

“Ten years ago this month, we opened up a store just a couple of miles from here,” said Tim Buckenberger, Best Buy’s vice president of supply chain.

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19 Oct: Best Buy Racks Up 5,200 Volunteer Hours in September

It started as a day of service. Then it turned into a week of giving back. Now, September is Best Buy’s “Month of Service,” during which we boost our volunteer efforts to make a big impact across the country.

Our employees planned 283 events last month, and 2,000 donated their time. They amassed a whopping 5,200 volunteer hours with local nonprofit organizations.

Here are a few great examples of the work our teams did in their communities:

We volunteered at Liberty House, a housing community for veterans transitioning out of homelessness in Manchester, New Hampshire.

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16 Oct: Best Buy Helps Employees in Puerto Rico

Watch the video to learn about Best Buy’s response to Hurricane Maria’s dramatic impact on its employees in Puerto Rico. In the aftermath of the disaster, the company hired private jets to send employees much-needed supplies, and also transported those and their families who needed relief off the island.

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