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25 Oct: Nation’s Job Readiness Deficit to Get Big Boost from Best Buy Support

By 2020, Best Buy will prepare one million youth annually for tech-reliant careers through a vastly expanded Teen Tech Center network, new Career Pathways program and heightened community-based efforts

MINNEAPOLIS — Best Buy today announced that the company will substantially increase its commitment to under-served young people over the next three years. By 2020, the leading technology products and services provider will prepare one million youth a year for tech-reliant jobs through intensified training and career readiness programs.

Best Buy’s accelerated, multi-million-dollar commitment comes as the U.S.

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04 May: Best Buy Partners with Vivint Smart Home to Launch Leading-Edge Smart Home Service

RICHFIELD, Minn. and PROVO, Utah (May 4, 2017) – Best Buy and Vivint Smart Home today announced a strategic partnership to give customers an easy way to automate and manage their homes, called Best Buy Smart Home powered by Vivint. With a nationwide rollout beginning this summer, Best Buy customers will be able to visit one of more than 400 of the chain’s large-format stores to consult with a smart home expert, design a comprehensive system, and receive professional installation and monitoring, often within 24 hours.

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20 Apr: Best Buy Boosts Commitment to Underserved Youth with Expanded Geek Squad Academy Season

This year more than 8,500 teens nationwide will receive tech tools and hands-on training at 40 two-day camps

 

MINNEAPOLIS – (April 20, 2017) – Best Buy is deepening its commitment to helping underserved teens get access to essential tech tools by growing its flagship Geek Squad Academy (GSA) summer program more than 30 percent to conduct 40 camps supporting 8,500 teens this year.

“It’s clear that the challenges facing underserved youth are growing, with resources becoming more stretched even as the vast majority of future jobs will require tech proficiency,” said Andrea Wood, director of Community Relations at Best Buy.

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09 Jan: Statement on Case of United States of America vs. Mark Albert Rettenmaier

The following is a statement from Best Buy regarding Geek Squad’s role in the criminal child pornography case of the United States of America vs. Mark Albert Rettenmaier:

“Best Buy and Geek Squad have no relationship with the FBI. From time to time, our repair agents discover material that may be child pornography, and we have a legal and moral obligation to turn that material over to law enforcement. We are proud of our policy and share it with our customers before we begin any repair.

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