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Electronics chain said to be acquiring DIY stores in London and Liverpool ahead of UK launch

Collaboration between retail giant and PC vendors creates devices with shopper-requested specifications

Co-owner Carphone Warehouse posts interim financial results

DSGi signs lease on 100,000 sq ft store opposite Best Buy launch site

Company reports Best Buy Europe business hitting £773 million, up six percent

Claims supermarkets and mobile operators can't give customers confidence with IT purchases

USA: Retailer outlines plans to make service and solutions central to customers' shopping experience

Retail and telecoms businesses to split as the firm reiterates plans to open Best Buy stores in the UK by next spring

Scott Wheway to be responsible for the retailer's operations in Canada, China, Mexico, Turkey and Europe

Retailer booted off ChartTrack's official charts panel as it hides figures from new competitor

Best Buy retail partner to exponentially grow number of IT-focused 'Wireless World' stores across UK

Plans to open first Best Buy stores and website by date – confirms 30 – 40 stores by year end

Cites John Lewis as its main competition, not DSGi – feels UK can support 130 stores at most

USA: Claims that 1,000 assistant managers are to go and 8,000 senior staff to be demoted

Retailer denies slip of European big box store rollout is a sign of weakness, and says UK rivals are ‘just trying to plug losses

When US retail giant Best Buy first announced it was going to delay its big box store rollout until 2010, many asserted that this was due to economic pressures, and that perhaps the US giant would not be making such a splash in the UK retail landscape after all.

Adds that it can co-exist with DSGi and Kesa as it is 'fundamentally different'

UK joint venture brings hope to embattled retail sector, despite delay of launch till 2010

First stores will not open until Q1 2010 – move 'unrelated' to US difficulties