Best Buyis an Americanmultinationalconsumer electronics retailer headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota. The company was founded by Richard M. Schulze and James Wheeler in 1966 as an audio specialty store called Sound of Music. In 1983 it was rebranded under its current name with an emphasis placed on consumer electronics. Best Buy has stores in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Best Buy has more than 90 000 employees as of 2023.
Best Buy sells consumerelectronicsand a variety of related merchandise, including software, video games, music, mobile phones, digital cameras, car stereos, and video cameras, in addition to home appliances (washing machines, dryers, and refrigerators), in a noncommissioned sales environment. Best Buy’s mission statement is “to enrich lives through technology”. Best Buy aims to achieve this by leveraging its unique combination of tech expertise and human touch to meet its customers’ everyday needs, whether they come to Best Buy online, visit its stores or invite Best Buy into their homes.
