Leading U.S. electronics specialty retailer Best Buy said this week it plans to increase the number of stores carrying Apple Inc.’s Mac computer line twofold in the next several weeks, signaling robust demand for the Windows PC alternatives in the broader consumer market.
The comments came courtesy of Best Buy executives who held a session at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, where researchers from investment bank UBS were in attendance.
Following the meeting, analyst Ben Reitzes relayed a note to clients explaining that the executives were “very upbeat” about their ongoing relationship with Apple, adding that 500 of the company’s 900 electronics stores could be selling Macs come the end of February. (via Appleinsider)
January 13, 2008 at 4:38 pm
I have to say I don’t think this is a good idea. Apple is aggressively increasing its own stores and as a consumer I would rather spend my dollars at an Apple store if locally available.
January 13, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Perhaps,
over saturation of the market isn’t always the best way to go about things, best buy is usually associated with quality however, that may not stay the case, and i agree that apple should watch what they do outside of their stores, you wouldn’t buy an apple if it was sold at radio shack would you?
January 14, 2008 at 10:52 pm
I wouldn’t buy an Apple at any store but an Apple store, though I could very well be a minority here.
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