Best Buy teams up with leading European cell phone retailer (AP) 8. May 2008
Posted by Nerdmaster in : Hacks & Mods , trackback<p><a href=”http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_bi_ge/best_buy_carphone_warehouse”><img src=”http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.4edad524f3734e2ca205a8cffcea60b5.britain_best_buy_carphone_warehouse_xag101.jpg?x=130&y=68&q=85&sig=k4GOwvf0h_Yh0feLpsMQjA–” align=”left” height=”68″ width=”130″ alt=”Charles Dunstone, CEO of the Carphone Warehouse, looks on, following a joint press conference in London with Brad Anderson, Vice Chairman and CEO of Best Buy, Thursday, May, 8, 2008. Best Buy Co. Inc., the biggest U.S. electronics retailer, is paying 1.1 billion pounds (US$2.1 billion euro1.4 billion) to take a 50 percent stake in the European retail operation of The Carphone Warehouse, the companies announced Thursday. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)” border=”0″ /></a>AP - Consumer electronics chain Best Buy Co. Inc. is establishing a foothold in the European market with a $2.1 billion investment in the continent's largest cell phone retailer, allowing the American company to roll out its trademark big box stores in Europe, the companies said Thursday.</p><br clear=”all”/>
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