I read this morning that they are trying to do that - they are calling the "Connnected Bar" or something like that. It's going to be hard to get the same environment that Apple has created. Also, like the article I read mentioned, Apple can afford to have people hanging out at the genius bar, eventually they know they will sell them an upgrade or a new accessory, or iPod, or whatever.
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote: > > Yeah I saw this as I was getting ready this morning. Interesting to me > because just last night I was watching a CNBC special called "The Big Box > Fights Back" that was all about Best Buy's origin and how it's survived as > companies like Circuit City failed. When I originally tuned in, another > show was actually on the schedule at that time. So I suspect this news was > announced after the closing bell last night and CNBC shifted this on the > schedule since it would get more viewers. > > At any rate, the show focused alot on how successful the Geek Squad part of > the business is. I think having smaller stores is a good move. If they are > getting beat out by online retailers, they need to improve their website > and use the locations more like showrooms. Apple does this to great > effect. If Best Buy could use the Geek Squad replicate Apple's "Genius Bar" > for all electronics I think they'd have a real draw too. > > Shipping large items from a central warehouse with fewer at the store is > not a bad idea either, and would allow one large facility to support more > smaller stores. > > -Cameron > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Best Buy Forced to Rethink Big BoxJ > > > > > > Best Buy Co., BBY -6.95% which once out-muscled rivals with stores as big > > as 58,000 square feet, is moving away from the "big box" business model > > that it long used to crush competitors in consumer-electronics retailing. > > > > The electronics giant溶ow itself being out-manuevered by Internet rivals > > with lower operating costsç¨lans several new tactics to improve weak > sales. > > > > On Thursday it said it will close 50 big-box stores this year, and test > > remodeled store formats in San Antonio and Minneapolis. It will also lay > > off 400 workers as part of a plan to trim $800 million in costs and > > restructure its ailing business. > > ... > > Many analysts said the move to rethink the purpose of Best Buy stores was > > long overdue, noting that closing 50 out of 1,100 big stores amounts to a > > reduction of just 4.5%. Many had labeled as inadequate Best Buy's > previous > > pledge to shrink its square footage by 10%. > > > > > > > > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303404704577311322427071212.html?mod={%22WSJ_GoogleNews%22,%20%22igoogle_wsj_gadgv1%22} > > > > > > - > > > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad > reputation. > > - Henry Kissinger > > > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349212 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
