Items tagged with commerce

by Paul Lilly - Tue, Jan 03, 2012

Is Best Buy Going Out of Business? Forbes Says "Gradually"

Would you miss Best Buy if the electronics chain suddenly shut its doors for good the way Circuit City did awhile back? The knee-jerk reaction by many tech enthusiasts is to answer "Hell no!" followed by a Best Buy horror story or three, but such incidents aside, would you really be happier if Best Buy no longer existed? Regardless of your... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Wed, Apr 13, 2011

Walmart Scaling Back Electronics Department to Make Room for Fishing Poles

You may have noticed a larger electronics section in your local Wally World. That's because over the past couple of years, Walmart devoted about 20 percent more floor space to push home entertainment items, and in particular television sets. But with consumers showing little interest in 3D TVs, and with popular... Read more...