Best Buy is not having a good year, a good week or a good day.
The nation's largest consumer electronics retailer, Best Buy Co. withdrew its full-year earnings guidance Tuesday after reporting a 90 percent drop in net income during the second quarter, dragged down by restructuring and weak sales.
The dismal earnings report comes a day after Best Buy named Hubert Joly, former CEO of the Carlson travel company, as its new CEO and president. It was expected that Best Buy would pick someone with retail experience, and Wall Street didn't respond well, reported AP.
Already battered by news Monday of an uncertain buyout effort and the naming of a new chief executive, the electronics retailer's stock opened down about 10 percent on Tuesday after it reported weak results overall, though the shares recovered somewhat by midday, reported the Wall Street Journal online.
Marlborough has a Best Buy near the Solomon Pond Mall.
Some say Best Buy is even losing out to the local mom & pop stores.
Revenue at stores open at least 14 months fell 3.2 percent for the entire business, including a 1.6 percent drop in its domestic business and an 8.2 percent decline in its international division. Analysts had expected a 2.6 percent decline for the total business, reported BusinessWeek.
Ron king
8:13 pm on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Doo...said Bart, Tax the internet sales at either 6.125% or even a bit more, that will bring the shoppers back.
John Ryan
10:33 am on Thursday, August 23, 2012
Excellent, tax consumers to increase sales... There might be a position waiting for you in the Obama cabinet.