SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 28: A Best Buy customer looks at a display of washing machines at a Best Buy store May 28, 2009 in San Francisco, California. New orders for US durable goods rose 1.9 percent in April, the biggest monthly gain since December 2007. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

SAN FRANCISCO - MAY 28: A Best Buy customer looks at a display of washing machines at a Best Buy store May 28, 2009 in San Francisco, California. New orders for US durable goods rose 1.9 percent in April, the biggest monthly gain since December 2007.

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  1. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 15: Best Buy Inc.'s employee Ana Gomez (R) helps Maria Vides as she pays for a digital camera at the store on September 15, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday that retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 2.7 percent last month with the sales of electronics, appliances, department and sporting goods stores helping boast the number along with car sales. Even as Best Buy's fiscal second-quarter earnings fell a bigger-than-expected 22% the company reports that the number of customers visiting their store increased as they continue to gain market share because of the closing of Circuit City stores.
  2. Customers enter a Best Buy store in Alexandria, Virginia, September 15, 2009. Best Buy Co's quarterly profit missed estimates on Tuesday as sales of lower-margin products like notebook computers and promotional efforts to woo shoppers ate into the top U.S. consumer electronics chain's margins. Best Buy, however, raised its forecast for the fiscal year as it saw sales trends improving, customer traffic stabilizing and continued to gain market share after main rival Circuit City closed its doors early this year.
  3. A Best Buy sign is seen on a store in Alexandria, Virginia, September 15, 2009. Best Buy Co's quarterly profit missed estimates on Tuesday as sales of lower-margin products like notebook computers and promotional efforts to woo shoppers ate into the top U.S. consumer electronics chain's margins. Best Buy, however, raised its forecast for the fiscal year as it saw sales trends improving, customer traffic stabilizing and continued to gain market share after main rival Circuit City closed its doors early this year.
  4. Michele Turco leaves a Best Buy store with her purchases in Alexandria, Virginia, September 15, 2009. Best Buy Co's quarterly profit missed estimates on Tuesday as sales of lower-margin products like notebook computers and promotional efforts to woo shoppers ate into the top U.S. consumer electronics chain's margins. Best Buy, however, raised its forecast for the fiscal year as it saw sales trends improving, customer traffic stabilizing and continued to gain market share after main rival Circuit City closed its doors early this year.
  5. Television screens at a Best Buy store in Omaha, Neb., show President Barack Obama delivering in Washington a speech on healthcare to a joint session of Congress, Wednesday, Sept., 9, 2009.
  6. SanDisk slotMusic cards are now available in mobile retail stores, including Best Buy Mobile and Cricket Stores nationwide. Artists on slotMusic include Lady Gaga, Keith Urban, Black Eyed Peas, Incubus and P!nk. www.slotmusic. org.
  7. SanDisk slotMusic cards are now available in mobile retail stores, including Best Buy Mobile and Cricket Stores nationwide. Artists on slotMusic include Lady Gaga, Keith Urban, Black Eyed Peas, Incubus and P!nk. www.slotmusic. org.
  8. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 15: Vannessa Obermaier helps customer Leandro Dacosta (R) as he shops at a Best Buy Inc.'s store on September 15, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday that retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 2.7 percent last month with the sales of electronics, appliances, department and sporting goods stores helping boast the number along with car sales. Even as Best Buy's fiscal second-quarter earnings fell a bigger-than-expected 22% the company reports that the number of customers visiting their store increased as they continue to gain market share because of the closing of Circuit City stores.
  9. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 15: Chris Mora shops at a Best Buy Inc.'s store on September 15, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday that retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 2.7 percent last month with the sales of electronics, appliances, department and sporting goods stores helping boast the number along with car sales. Even as Best Buy's fiscal second-quarter earnings fell a bigger-than-expected 22% the company reports that the number of customers visiting their store increased as they continue to gain market share because of the closing of Circuit City stores.
  10. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 15: Linnette Gomez helps Lidia Ester as she shops for a computer at a Best Buy Inc.'s store on September 15, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday that retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 2.7 percent last month with the sales of electronics, appliances, department and sporting goods stores helping boast the number along with car sales. Even as Best Buy's fiscal second-quarter earnings fell a bigger-than-expected 22% the company reports that the number of customers visiting their store increased as they continue to gain market share because of the closing of Circuit City stores.
  11. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 15: Paulo Dacosta and Leandro Dacosta (R) shop at a Best Buy Inc.'s store on September 15, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday that retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 2.7 percent last month with the sales of electronics, appliances, department and sporting goods stores helping boast the number along with car sales. Even as Best Buy's fiscal second-quarter earnings fell a bigger-than-expected 22% the company reports that the number of customers visiting their store increased as they continue to gain market share because of the closing of Circuit City stores.
  12. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 15: Vannessa Obermaier (C) helps customers Paulo Dacosta and Leandro Dacosta (R) as they shop at a Best Buy Inc.'s store on September 15, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday that retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 2.7 percent last month with the sales of electronics, appliances, department and sporting goods stores helping boast the number along with car sales. Even as Best Buy's fiscal second-quarter earnings fell a bigger-than-expected 22% the company reports that the number of customers visiting their store increased as they continue to gain market share because of the closing of Circuit City stores.
  13. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 15: (L-R) Maria Auxiliadara, Patricia Bara wait as Maria Vides prepares to pay for a digital camera she was buying at a Best Buy Inc.'s store on September 15, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday that retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 2.7 percent last month with the sales of electronics, appliances, department and sporting goods stores helping boast the number along with car sales. Even as Best Buy's fiscal second-quarter earnings fell a bigger-than-expected 22% the company reports that the number of customers visiting their store increased as they continue to gain market share because of the closing of Circuit City stores.
  14. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 15: Oscar Chacony (L) and Frederic Avendano shop at a Best Buy Inc.'s store on September 15, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday that retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 2.7 percent last month with the sales of electronics, appliances, department and sporting goods stores helping boast the number along with car sales. Even as Best Buy's fiscal second-quarter earnings fell a bigger-than-expected 22% the company reports that the number of customers visiting their store increased as they continue to gain market share because of the closing of Circuit City stores.
  15. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 15: Paulo Dacosta shops at a Best Buy Inc.'s store on September 15, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday that retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 2.7 percent last month with the sales of electronics, appliances, department and sporting goods stores helping boast the number along with car sales. Even as Best Buy's fiscal second-quarter earnings fell a bigger-than-expected 22% the company reports that the number of customers visiting their store increased as they continue to gain market share because of the closing of Circuit City stores.
  16. A bird heads to rest on the Best Buy store in Springfield, Ill., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. Best Buy said second-quarter results fell below expectations as sales at established stores fell.

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