Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) is a specialty retailer of consumer electronics in the United States accounting for 19% of the consumer electronics market. Best Buy also operates in Canada, Mexico, and China. The company's subsidiaries include Geek Squad, Magnolia Audio Video, Pacific Sales, and, in Canada operates under both the Best Buy and Future Shop label. Together these entities operate more than 1,150 stores in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, China, Mexico and Turkey. Best Buy corporate headquarters islocated in Richfield, Minnesota, USA. On June 26, 2007, Best Buy announced a 40% increase in its operations, with plans to operate more than 1,800 stores worldwide, including 1,400 Best Buy stores in the U.S.

Best Buy was named "Company of the Year" by Forbes magazine in 2004, "Specialty Retailer of the Decade" by Discount Store News in 2001, ranked in the Top 10 of "America's Most Generous Corporations" by Forbes magazine, and made Fortune Magazine's List of Most Admired Companies in 2006.

On March 9, 2009, Best Buy became the primary electronics retail store (online and bricks and mortar) in the eastern United States, after smaller rival Circuit City went out of business. Fry's Electronics remains a major competitor in the western United States.

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Insignia - Focuses on high quality electronic equipment, including HDTVs, blu-ray players, home theater systems, digital imaging, and GPS. Dynex - Focuses on computer and entertainment accessories such as storage media, data and power cables, webcams, and office supplies, with recent forays into electronics such as high definition LCD televisions. Init - Focuses on storage products such as media storage, equipment bags, totes and furniture for home theaters. Geek Squad - Focuses on computer-related services and accessories for residential and commercial clients. Rocketfish - Focuses on high end cables primarily used with home theater installation and setup as well as on computer and gaming accessories.