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Datamonitor's Best Buy Co, Inc. - SWOT Analysis company profile is the essential source for top-level company data and information. The report examines the company’s key business structure and operations, history and products, and provides summary analysis of its key revenue lines and strategy.

Best Buy is a specialty retailer of consumer electronics, home-office products, entertainment software, appliances and related services. The company primarily operates in the US and Canada. It is headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota and employs about 150,000 people. The company recorded revenues of $40,023 million during the financial year (FY) ended March 2008, an increase of 11.4% over 2007. This was primarily due to net addition of 137 new Best Buy, Future Shop, Five Star, Pacific Sales and Best Buy Mobile stores during FY2008, a full year of revenue from new stores added in FY2007, a 2.9% comparable store sales gain and the non-comparable store sales generated from the acquisition of Five Star, Pacific Sales and Speakeasy. The operating profit of the company was $2,161 million during FY2008, an increase of 8.1% over 2007. The net profit was $1,407 million in FY2008, an increase of 2.2% over 2007.

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