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Best Buy poised to open 7 area Mobile stores

Best Buy is about to employ its new strategy of more – but smaller – storefronts, the Pioneer Press reports. The electronics giant aims to open new 2,500-square-feet Best Buy Mobile locations this fall, in Roseville, Woodbury, Stillwater, Maplewood, Richfield, Brooklyn Center and Burnsville.
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Best Buy is about to employ its new strategy of more – but smaller – storefronts, the Pioneer Press reports. The electronics giant aims to open new 2,500-square-feet Best Buy Mobile locations this fall, in Roseville, Woodbury, Stillwater, Maplewood, Richfield, Brooklyn Center and Burnsville.

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