Best Buy announces locations for store closings

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Best Buy on Saturday announced the locations of 50 stores that it is closing this year, including seven in California, six in Illinois and six in the company's home state of Minnesota

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Source for store closures:

http://pr.bby.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=244152&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1683036&highlight=

Casa Grande 1004 N Promenade Pwy Casa Grande AZ

Lake Pleasant 10134 W Happy Valley Rd Peoria AZ

East Palo Alto 1751 E Bayshore Rd East Palo Alto CA

Westwood 10861 Weyburn Ave Los Angeles CA

Manteca 934 Perimeter Dr Manteca CA

Moreno Valley East 27220 Eucalyptus Moreno Valley CA

Ontario 4120 E 4th St Ontario CA

Pittsburg 4405 Century Blvd Pittsburg CA

Jamboree 2857 Park Ave Tustin CA

Arapahoe & Parker 15800 E Briarwood Cir Aurora CO

The Forum 9370 Dynasty Dr Fort Myers FL

Oldsmar 11655 W Hillsborough Ave Tampa FL

Fayetteville 128 Pavilion Pkwy Fayetteville GA

Loganville 4014 Atlanta Hwy Loganville GA

Addison 1038 N Rohlwing Rd Addison IL

87th & Dan Ryan 8900 S Lafayette Ave Chicago IL

Deerfield 200 S Waukegan Rd Deerfield IL

Matteson 4707 Lincoln Mall Dr Matteson IL

Mundelein 1100 N Rt 83 Mundelein IL

West Dundee 979 W Main St West Dundee IL

Speedway 10500 Parallel Pkwy Kansas City KS

Back Bay 360 Newbury St Boston MA

Wareham 2421 Cranberry Hwy Wareham MA

Inner Harbor 600 E Pratt St Baltimore MD

Hunt Valley 118 Shawan Rd Hunt Valley MD

Biddeford 405 Mariner Way Biddeford ME

*Brooklyn Center 5925 Earle Brown Dr Brooklyn Center MN

*Edina 3200 Southdale Cir Edina MN

*Hutchinson 1350 Hwy 15 S Hutchinson MN

*Lakeville 18350 Orchard Trl Lakeville MN

Rochester South 4540 Maine Ave Se Rochester MN

*Rogers 20870 Rogers Dr Rogers MN

Ellisville 15678 Manchester Rd Ellisville MO

Monroe 3151 W Highway 74 Monroe NC

Rocky Mount 1100 N Wesleyan Blvd Rocky Mount NC

Millard 12210 K Plz Omaha NE

East River Plaza 517 E 117th St New York NY

Steelyard Commons 3506 Steelyard Dr Cleveland OH

Salem Mall 5031 Salem Ave Dayton OH

Caguas Las Americas Expry PR52 Zafiro Caguas PR

Middletown 890 W Main Rd Middletown RI

Hickory Hollow 5255 Hickory Hollow Pkwy Antioch TN

Techridge 12901 North I-35 Austin TX

*Woodlake Parkway 6218 Woodglen San Antonio TX

Landmark Mall 5901 Stevenson Ave Alexandria VA

Cosner's Corner 9745 Jefferson Davis Hwy Fredericksburg VA

East Richmond 4410 S Laburnum Ave Richmond VA

Mill Plain 16611 Se Mill Plain Blvd Vancouver WA

* indicates stores notified March 29, 2012 of closure plans Note: Two stores in Kansas City, MO (Metro North) and Scottsdale, AZ (Shea) permanently closed in February 2012

[Revolting cat!]

East Palo Alto 1751 E Bayshore Rd East Palo Alto CA

Big surprise!

got shoplifting?

(Amish neighbourhood.)

[Popman]

Stores closing ?

Can’t be.... We are in The “Summer of Recovery III”

Just ask Joe Biden....

Toilet bowl has been flushed....we are just circling the bowl

[Gay State Conservative]

Many retailers are trying to get Massachusetts to tax Internet sales.Good thing I less than a half hour from two huge malls in New Hampshire...no sales tax.And on my tax return,on the line where you're required to report (and pay sales tax) on all such purchases I put ZERO.

And I sleep like a baby after having done so.

Best Buy is dying because of the Internet,just as Circuit City,CompUSA,Tower Records,etc,etc did.They'll soon go the way of Blockbuster,for better or for worse.

[cableguymn]

Same with Brooklyn center mn. Edina mn is a surprise. That’s rich snob area.

Don’t expect good deals. Rumor has it the good inventory is being moved to remaining stores.

[mplsconservative]

My neighbor is an attorney at their corporate headquarters. Hope her job is safe. This 0bamaconomy affects everyone.

[RegulatorCountry]

Six or seven each in California, Illinois and Minnesota, compared to all others which had three or less.

Population might be part of it, as well as the continuing varied impact of this recession.

Six in comparatively small MN is surprising.

Is some competitor hitting them especially hard there, maybe Fry’s?

[DIRTYSECRET]

I was glad to see compusa go.

[Revolting cat!]

Amazon is hitting them hard, I’ve read.

[entropy12]

Easy to see the store closing in Vancouver, WA.
Drive across the Columbia river bridge into Portland, OR
There is zero sales tax in OR.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Westwood 10861 Weyburn Ave Los Angeles CA

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Ive been to that location, surprised its one of the ones closing. California sales tax, as you all know, is through the roof. I buy my electronic items on amazon.com and other sites that offer no sales tax, otherwise even if its a good deal the sales tax kills it

[plain talk]

I was glad to see compusa go.

I'm just curious - why? For myself I welcome as many stores as possible. I can decide whether to frequent them or not but I have never wanted any company to go out of business.

[GreatRoad]

I stopped shopping at Best Buy when the one in Dedham treated me horribly. I was in shock at how disrespectful the staff was - like they were getting paid to harass customers. Creepy. I really like Office Depot in Natick, they’re always great and impress me.

[RegulatorCountry]

Would that be particularly noticable in Minnesota as opposed to.other states for some reason, maybe tax related?

[Carriage Hill]

Hells bells, I thought the 0bummer&HisRegimeFromHell spokesmoron said “we’re in a recovery”?

[Carriage Hill]

Virtual sales vs brick-and-mortar sales = no contest. I’m sure Border’s and Circuit City felt some of that pressure, among other reasons, too.

[gusopol3]

This was an interesting article posted earlier this year.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrydownes/2012/01/02/why-best-buy-is-going-out-of-business-gradually/

[Moonman62]

MN is where Best Buy started. Perhaps some of their oldest stores are there. I do notice that most of their closings seem to be in Rat areas, too.

[himno hero]

This is consistent with the glowing recovery data on foreclosures (about to spike) while prices are still falling.

“There is nothing wrong with this thriving economy” , and “have a few more buds”.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

More hope and change.