The Best Buy store in Anchorage, Alaska Wednesday Nov. 12, 2008. Best Buy Co. Inc. cut its fiscal 2009 earnings outlook Wednesday and said it was being hammered by the worst retail environment in the 42-year-old company's history. AP Photo logo AP Photo 12 months ago

The Best Buy store in Anchorage, Alaska Wednesday Nov. 12, 2008. Best Buy Co. Inc. cut its fiscal 2009 earnings outlook Wednesday and said it was being hammered by the worst retail environment in the 42-year-old company's history.

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  1. Shoppers purchase electronic items during Black Friday sales at a Best Buy store in Glendale, California November 27, 2009. Americans headed to department stores in droves in the dead of night on Friday to kick off the holiday shopping season, though many said they had pared back how much they would spend on family members and on themselves. Black Friday, the day after U.S. Thanksgiving, is often the single busiest shopping day of the crucial holiday season, which accounts for nearly one-fifth of the retail industry's annual sales.
  2. FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 27: Customers wait in line to enter a Best Buy electronics store on November 27, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. According to the National Retail Federation, a trade organization, as many as 134 million people, 4.7% more than last year, will shop over the next three days.
  3. HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 22: Elliott Sadler, driver of the #19 Best Buy Dodge, walks away from his car after an incident on pit road during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 22, 2009 in Homestead, Florida.
  4. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 20: 50 Cent promotes 'Before I Self Destruct' at Best Buy on November 20, 2009 in New York City.
  5. JERSEY CITY, NJ - NOVEMBER 20: 50 Cent promotes 'Before I Self Destruct' at Best Buy on November 20, 2009 in Jersey City, New Jersey.
  6. HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 20: Elliott Sadler, driver of the #19 Best Buy Dodge, stands on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 20, 2009 in Homestead, Florida.
  7. HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 20: Elliott Sadler, driver of the #19 Best Buy Dodge, drives during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 20, 2009 in Homestead, Florida.
  8. AVONDALE, AZ - NOVEMBER 15: Elliott Sadler, driver of the #19 Best Buy Dodge, leads Jeff Burton in the #31 CAT Financial Chevrolet during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway on November 15, 2009 in Avondale, Arizona.
  9. PARAMUS, NJ - NOVEMBER 04: Fans of 'Glee' attend the cast of 'Glee' signing copies of 'Glee: The Music Vol. 1' at Best Buy on November 4, 2009 in Paramus, New Jersey.

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  1. Store credit cards from Best Buy, Macy's and Sears are shown in this photo of Dec. 2, 2009 in New York.
  2. Store credit cards from Best Buy, Macy's and Sears are shown in this photo of Dec. 2, 2009 in New York.
  3. Shoppers purchase electronic items during Black Friday sales at a Best Buy store in Glendale, California November 27, 2009. Americans headed to department stores in droves in the dead of night on Friday to kick off the holiday shopping season, though many said they had pared back how much they would spend on family members and on themselves. Black Friday, the day after U.S. Thanksgiving, is often the single busiest shopping day of the crucial holiday season, which accounts for nearly one-fifth of the retail industry's annual sales.
  4. Shoppers purchase electronic items during Black Friday sales at a Best Buy store in Glendale, California November 27, 2009. Americans headed to department stores in droves in the dead of night on Friday to kick off the holiday shopping season, though many said they had pared back how much they would spend on family members and on themselves. Black Friday, the day after U.S. Thanksgiving, is often the single busiest shopping day of the crucial holiday season, which accounts for nearly one-fifth of the retail industry's annual sales.
  5. Shoppers purchase electronic items during Black Friday sales at a Best Buy store in Glendale, California November 27, 2009. Americans headed to department stores in droves in the dead of night on Friday to kick off the holiday shopping season, though many said they had pared back how much they would spend on family members and on themselves. Black Friday, the day after U.S. Thanksgiving, is often the single busiest shopping day of the crucial holiday season, which accounts for nearly one-fifth of the retail industry's annual sales.
  6. Shoppers purchase electronic items during Black Friday sales at a Best Buy store in Glendale, California November 27, 2009. Americans headed to department stores in droves in the dead of night on Friday to kick off the holiday shopping season, though many said they had pared back how much they would spend on family members and on themselves. Black Friday, the day after U.S. Thanksgiving, is often the single busiest shopping day of the crucial holiday season, which accounts for nearly one-fifth of the retail industry's annual sales.
  7. Shoppers look for bargains during Black Friday sales at a Best Buy store in Glendale, California November 27, 2009. Americans headed to department stores in droves in the dead of night on Friday to kick off the holiday shopping season, though many said they had pared back how much they would spend on family members and on themselves. Black Friday, the day after U.S. Thanksgiving, is often the single busiest shopping day of the crucial holiday season, which accounts for nearly one-fifth of the retail industry's annual sales.
  8. A worker stacks boxes as shoppers look for bargains during Black Friday sales at a Best Buy store in Glendale, California November 27, 2009. Americans headed to department stores in droves in the dead of night on Friday to kick off the holiday shopping season, though many said they had pared back how much they would spend on family members and on themselves. Black Friday, the day after U.S. Thanksgiving, is often the single busiest shopping day of the crucial holiday season, which accounts for nearly one-fifth of the retail industry's annual sales.
  9. Best Buy General Manager Shannon Crites (top) rallies his employees with a cheer shortly before opening their doors to shoppers on the shopping day dubbed "Black Friday" in Irving, Texas November 27, 2009.
  10. Eric Hidrogo (L) and Nicole Hernandez (2nd L) wait in line with other shoppers outside of a Best Buy store as they wait for it to open on the shopping day dubbed "Black Friday" in Irving, Texas November 27, 2009.
  11. Shoppers who have already made their purchases wait to have their receipts verified upon leaving a Best Buy store on the shopping day dubbed "Black Friday" in Irving, Texas November 27, 2009.
  12. Shoppers compare laptops inside a Best Buy store moments after it opened on the shopping day dubbed "Black Friday" in Irving, Texas November 27, 2009.
  13. Shoppers browse a Best Buy store for laptops on the shopping day dubbed "Black Friday" in Irving, Texas November 27, 2009.
  14. Shoppers line up outside of a Best Buy store as they wait for it to open on the shopping day dubbed "Black Friday" in Irving, Texas November 27, 2009.
  15. FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 27: Customers wait in line outside the Best Buy electronics store on November 27, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. According to the National Retail Federation, a trade organization, as many as 134 million people, 4.7% more than last year, will shop over the next three days.
  16. A shopper carries his purchase from a Black Friday sale at a Best Buy electronics store past a line of customers waiting outside in Falls Church, Virginia, November 27, 2009. Americans headed to department stores in droves in the dead of night on Friday to kick off the holiday shopping season, though many said they had pared back how much they would spend on family members and on themselves. Black Friday, the day after U.S. Thanksgiving, is often the single busiest shopping day of the crucial holiday season, which accounts for nearly one-fifth of the retail industry's annual sales.

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