The Best Years

The year is 1912, and the town is buzzing with gossip about the upcoming election. Former president Roosevelt is running again, and many are relieved, for he will reign in the chaos that Taft created in his wake. Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States. He stepped down in 1909, after serving two full terms in office. Today, he is considered to be one of the greatest American presidents of all time. The decade of 1910 through 1919 are the prime years of Roosevelt, because…

Best Buy is known for being one of the leading providers of technology products in the United States, who also claim that they offer products at an unbeatable price. The company has gone through many regulatory and economic changes over the past couple of years that directly affect the company. In July of 2014, one of the central regulatory changes Best Buy faced was when CEO, Hubert Joly, demanded Congress to force online merchants to collect sales tax from customers. In the article “Best Buy…

Best Buy was originally called Sound of Music, founded by James Wheeler and Richard Schulze. With ambitions to capture larger market share, Sound of Music changed its name to Best Buy Co., Inc., in 1983. Shortly thereafter, it adopted its now-familiar superstore format, with an increasingly diversified product range. Boosted by an infusion of cash from a series of public offerings, Best Buy proceeded to grow from 6 to 24 stores and saw its revenues increase from $29 million to $290 million from…

adventurous, going to new places, exploring and constantly hanging out. It couldn’t get any better than this right? That all lasted for a good while until she started changing and isolating herself, then I started to be known as “Hailey’s Best Friend” or “The Bitch’s Best Friend”, This isn 't what I wanted whatsoever. Everyone saw her as the tall, outgoing, gorgeous blonde with long perfect hair, that was also the cheer caption that everyone loved. People constantly told us that we were…

Best Buy is a global leader in consumer electronics and appliances. It has approximately 4000 locations, and well over 1000,000 employees. Even though they share in the electronic retail industry, the company has slowing been declining. They are competing with many online stores who offers lower prices, and may need to re-position their strategy. Best Buy is attempting to focus on cost leadership as a competitive advantage. The issue is that customers often use they physical store to…

Violets Point of View Year: 1864 As I’m sitting here outside of my old family home I think about what led up to this moment. What led me up to this point? What brought me to the point where I killed my best friend, my only friend. Nate my best and only friend who has ever cared for me and the only person I have ever cared for. I think back to the moment I first met Nate. At the time we were 7 years old. We had quickly become best of friends over only a few months…

It is noted that, in early 2000s Best Buy was a magnet for shoppers. The customers thronged and unflinchingly bought at Best Buy. Fast forward to 2012, and Best Buy is seemingly no longer a favorite among consumers. However, despite the troubles, Best Buy still remains a top-of-mind reference among electronics shoppers. Almost a third of the more than 8,000 consumers monthly indicate they shop most often at Best Buy for electronics ahead of Wal-Mart (commanding 20%) as well as rival Amazon.com…

When Best Buy got the new name in 1983 and then went public in 1985, the company raised $8 million through an IPO, and in 1987 Best Buy gained a listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Over the years in the New York Stock exchange, Best Buy has done good and bad like any other company. The new Concept stores ideas has helped Best Buy to be financially okay, and also having good services like the Geek Squad. Best Buy has also tried to grow internationally, but it has failed, they were forced to…

“Guess what? I [her mother] translated all of our name into Nigerian!” yelled my best friend, Taylor. “Akeira, your name is ‘Ah-kee-ki-doh,’” “Haha, cookie dough, that’s funny. Akeira your name is ‘kurabiye hamuru’ in my language,” said my other friend, Zahra. Taylor repeated her translation and Zahra admitted to believing she said cookie dough, we all like the name and for a while my name was “Cookie Dough,” but of course we shortened it to just Cookie. A new school and new friends led to my…

contemplated buying a treadmill. Forgoing on that costly gym membership and avoiding the winter cold or summer heat is a smart decision for anyone serious about running. But, which treadmill should the serious runner buy? A non folding treadmill will be the best bet for anybody who regularly runs. While a folding treadmill can save a bit of space, it is of no help to be continually pulling it out every day to run, in addition to its clear deficiencies to a non folding treadmill. A non folding…