CDP released its S&P 500 Annual Report, including the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index, in which Best Buy received the maximum score of 100. Adding to our “A” designation for our carbon reduction program, Best Buy achieved a perfect score.
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When U.S. Army Reserve Sergeant Victor Hill returned from a deployment in Afghanistan, he struggled to find a job. Many prospective employers thanked him for his military service, but they disqualified him because of his lack of civilian qualifications.
Then he landed a job as a seasonal employee at his local Best Buy Mobile, a move that would pave the way for a bright future. Three years later, he’s now the general manager at Best Buy Mobile Store #1931 in Annapolis, Maryland, where he’s leading a team of a dozen people this Holiday season.
Nearly 500 employees spent part of last Friday filling care packages with snacks, speakers and drawings in an effort to lift the spirits of the men and women serving abroad who aren’t able to be home with friends and family during the holiday season.
Best Buy has been awarded a prized position on the CDP Climate A List for our efforts to reduce carbon emissions in the past year.
The commendation puts Best Buy in the top 5 percent of thousands of companies that submit annual emissions data and climate management strategies to CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project).
We are in good company. Other corporate “A Listers” now include sustainability powerhouses and partners such as Apple, Google, LG, Microsoft, Samsung, Sony and Sprint.
The A List designation comes shortly after Best Buy set a new goal to reduce carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2020 and signed the American Business Act Pledge on Climate Change.
State and local officials joined Best Buy in celebrating the grand opening of the company’s new technology development center in Seattle on Thursday. The office, first announced in February, is focused on mobile development, cloud engineering and the omnichannel customer experience.
Last year, Best Buy shipped more than 12 million packages to customers. That’s a lot of shipping boxes.
The cardboard we use is FSC-certified, meaning it comes from responsibly managed forests, but now we are using less of it. We recently “right-sized” our shipping boxes, which will save more than 440 tons of cardboard a year.
That means our customers are receiving packaging that is less wasteful. Our employees are experiencing a faster and easier packaging process. The company is seeing a reduction in costs associated with materials and labor.
With the St. Jude Thanks and Giving® campaign underway now at Best Buy, the company continues its partnership in helping St. Jude find cures for children fighting cancer by accepting donations at more than 1,400 Best Buy store locations and on BestBuy.com.
Learn how to pull off these high-tech tricks for a high-scare Halloween.
It’s a partnership as Midwestern in its roots as hot dish and hockey skates.
Best Buy and Caribou Coffee have partnered to bring the great taste of Caribou Coffee right into your home with an exclusive line of home brewing equipment. You can choose from a variety of brewing and drinking options that combine the Caribou coffeeshop experience with the quality of Best Buy’s Insignia brand.
The set includes an 8-cup and 6-cup pour-over coffee maker, a 2.5-cup French Press, as well as clear double-wall mugs and a stainless kettle.
The first-ever Geek Squad Technology Hub will be staffed during the week by an Agent who will analyze tech device problems and educate teachers and students about technology.
When it comes to Holiday gifts to give and receive, tech products are high on the list.
Best Buy commissioned a national study to see what shoppers are looking for, and the results show that tablets lead a diverse group that also includes HDTVs, wearables and wireless speakers.
The top of the Top 15? The iPad. Here’s the full list:
Top 15 tech gifts for 2015
- iPad
- Bose QuietComfort 25 Noise Cancelling Headphones
- MacBook
- Samsung 48” Smart 4K Ultra HD TV
- Sharp 43” Smart HDTV with Roku
- Microsoft Surface
- Bose SoundLink Mini Bluetooth Speaker II
- Fitbit Charge HR Heart Rate and Activity Tracker
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S2
- Dyson V6 Absolute Bagless Cordless Vacuum
- Vizio 43” Smart 4K Ultra HD TV
- Apple Watch
- SONOS PLAY:1 Wireless Speaker
- iRobot Roomba Vacuum Cleaning Robot
- GoPro HERO4 Action Camera
The Best Buy study also uncovered the following holiday shopping trends:
- Millennials rank CE No.
The movie Back to the Future Part II sent Marty McFly, his girlfriend Jennifer and Doc Brown from 1985 to October 21, 2015. Now that their fictional future has arrived, let’s see which promised technology predictions came true. And a few that didn’t.
Zip up your auto-fit, self-drying jacket… The future is here.
HOVERBOARD
Unfortunately, hoverboards don’t actually exist… yet. But for tech that’s cool and floats like Marty’s levitating skateboard deck, check out drones. From small toys that roll across the floor, to quadcopters complete with gimbal-mounted 4K cameras and GPS, drones are here and getting better all the time.