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Best Buy Co., Inc. is an American multinational consumer electronics retailer headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota. Originally founded by Richard M. Schulze and James Wheeler in 1966 as an audio specialty store called Sound of Music, it was rebranded under its current name with an emphasis on consumer electronics in 1983.
Geek Squad, Inc. is a subsidiary of American and Canadian multinational consumer electronics corporation Best Buy, headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota.The subsidiary was originally an independent company founded by "Chief Inspector" Robert Stephens on June 16, 1994, and offers various computer-related services and accessories for residential and commercial clients.
Richfield is home to the corporate campus of Best Buy. Best Buy Company, Inc. moved its corporate headquarters to Richfield in 2003, becoming its largest employer. [21] Public subsidies of almost $60 million were spent to attract the corporate campus including spending $48 million to purchase and demolish over 100 homes and 3 car dealerships ...
staples.com. Staples's logo from 1998 to 2019. Staples Inc. is an American office supply retail company headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts . Founded by Leo Kahn and Thomas G. Stemberg, the company opened its first store in Brighton, Massachusetts on May 1, 1986. [ 5] By 1996, it had reached the Fortune 500, and it later acquired the ...
Hubert Joly (born 11 August 1959) is a businessman and Harvard Business School faculty member [ 2] who formerly served as chairman and CEO of Best Buy. He is also the former president, CEO and director of Carlson, a global hospitality and travel conglomerate based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US. He graduated from HEC Paris and Sciences Po Paris ...
Best Western. Best Western International, Inc. owns the Best Western Hotels & Resorts brand, which it licenses to over 4,700 hotels worldwide. [ 1] The franchise, with its corporate headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, [ 2] includes more than 2,000 hotels in North America. [ 3] The brand was founded by M. K. Guertin in 1946.
lively .com. v. t. e. Lively (stylized as Live!y, and known before 2021 as GreatCall) is a connected health technology company based in the United States of America. Since 2018, the company has been a subsidiary of electronics retailer Best Buy. [ 1] Lively offers health and safety products and services for older adults, [ 2] including mobile ...
This is a list of large or well-known interstate or international companies headquartered in the Seattle metropolitan area.. As of December 2021, the Seattle metropolitan area is home to ten Fortune 500 companies: Internet retailer Amazon (#2), Costco Wholesale (#12), Microsoft (#15), coffee chain Starbucks (#125), Paccar (#159), clothing merchant Nordstrom (#289), Weyerhaeuser (#387 ...