Best Buy has been in Seattle since 2015, and the retailer made a big commitment to the area today, announcing a new fund to help nonprofits that work with young… Read More
Amazon Prime Day has surpassed Black Friday as the tech giant’s biggest shopping event of the year, but by creating a new shopping holiday out of thin air, Amazon is… Read More
Amazon’s rapidly growing brick-and-mortar footprint — including a second Amazon Go store opening in Seattle this fall — has already surpassed Costco’s U.S. store count, but it has a long… Read More
Best Buy showed off the first byproduct of its unusual partnership with Amazon, a new Toshiba 4K TV coming next month with Amazon Fire TV technology built in. The new… Read More
Best Buy’s chief digital officer, Bala Subramanian, has left the company to serve as the chief digital officer of wireless communications giant AT&T, GeekWire has learned. AT&T confirmed his addition… Read More
Amazon made a surprise move this week: A new partnership with longtime retail rival, Best Buy. The companies are partnering on a new Smart TV that will run Amazon’s Fire… Read More
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Best Buy will sell new TVs running Amazon’s Fire TV Edition in an unusual partnership that will make the electronics retailer a third-party seller on Amazon for the first time.… Read More
To fully appreciate the way online shopping is transforming the economy, look at how much Amazon spends to put packages on doorsteps around the world. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant has shelled… Read More
As Amazon continues to loom over the retail industry, some of the biggest stores in the world are pouring money into online retail, shipping logistics and other new programs to… Read More
Amazon and Best Buy are often thought of as competitors, but the two companies seem to have found some benefits to working together. Today Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos tweeted about… Read More
Best Buy just hit a revenue record, as the once-struggling electronics retailer continues to flourish thanks to a push to unite its in-store and online experiences. In the last quarter,… Read More
Having problems with your smart thermostat, Wi-fi setup or home entertainment system? No worries. Amazon is here to help. As discovered by Recode, the online retailing giant is venturing into… Read More
There’s going to be a lot of chatter about and with voice-activated assistants in Best Buy stores thanks to new Amazon Alexa and Google Home experiences that the retailer will soon… Read More
E-commerce is killing traditional retail, right? Well, not quite — the reality is much more complex than that. It’s true that e-commerce powerhouses, most notably Amazon, have drastically changed the… Read More
Shoppers still stuffed with turkey and all the trimmings can start stuffing stockings with electronics ranging from laptops to televisions to virtual reality headsets to video games and much more… Read More
We’ve seen a huge influx of new engineering outposts in the Seattle region in recent years, as companies from Silicon Valley and elsewhere establish branches here to tap into the… Read More
It’s only been a few months since Best Buy opened a technology development center in Seattle, but the company is already seeing an impact that the new office is having on its… Read More
With today’s launch of Windows 10, GeekWire decided to check out the local Best Buy in Seattle to see what sort of Windows 10 selection we could find at retail.… Read More
The introduction of the Apple Watch has been the definition of the slow rollout. It was only available online for its April 24 launch, with shipping dates extending three weeks… Read More
Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy is opening a new technology development center in Seattle, joining a legion of technology companies attracted to the region’s engineering talent. The new 32,000 square… Read More
Amazon’s contract battle with Hachette has been getting lots of attention, with the Seattle company delaying book shipments and declining to take pre-orders for popular Hachette titles amid negotiations with the publisher.… Read More
If you’ve been waiting for the price of the Xbox One to drop before purchasing Microsoft’s newest console, well, today brings good news. Best Buy and Wal-Mart are both offering… Read More
The Xbox One has been sold out at most online retailers for a while now — maybe President Obama is swooping all of them up — but it looks like… Read More
That old T-Mobile G1 you have sitting in the top drawer of your dresser may be your key to a free iPhone 5, thanks to a new program from Best… Read More
Target Corp. introduced an online price-matching program just for the holiday season, but now it looks like it’s permanent. The Minneapolis-based retailer announced today that it will allow customers to use Amazon… Read More
It was a big deal earlier this year when Best Buy lured Stephen Gillett away from Starbucks to lead digital efforts for the Minneapolis consumer electronics retailer. But shortly after… Read More
Wal-Mart earlier this week threw down the gauntlet on Amazon.com, announcing that it plans to offer same-day delivery in some markets this holiday season. Now, it’s Best Buy’s turn. The… Read More
Rhapsody, the subscription music service based in downtown Seattle, has been a private company since spinning off from RealNetworks as a standalone venture. That means Rhapsody doesn’t report its quarterly… Read More