Best Buy Co. Inc. is offering free next-day delivery on thousands of items for the holiday season, but excludes "some bigger and heavier items" like big-screen televisions and refrigerators. For those items not included in the next-day delivery offer, there's free standard shipping. Amazon.com Inc. is investing hundreds of millions of dollars to offer Prime members next-day delivery. Best Buy notes that "no membership" is required to take advantage of its free shipping service. Best Buy is also pushing in-store pickup, saying that 70% of Americans live within 10 miles of a Best Buy, and 40% of online sales are picked up in stores. Best Buy stock has rallied 37.3% for the year to date while the S&P 500 index is up 19.5%. Read More...
Best Buy Co. Inc. is offering free next-day delivery on thousands of items for the holiday season, but excludes “some bigger and heavier items” like big-screen televisions and refrigerators. For those items not included in the next-day delivery offer, there’s free standard shipping. Amazon.com Inc. is investing hundreds of millions of dollars to offer Prime members next-day delivery. Best Buy notes that “no membership” is required to take advantage of its free shipping service. Best Buy is also pushing in-store pickup, saying that 70% of Americans live within 10 miles of a Best Buy, and 40% of online sales are picked up in stores. Best Buy stock has rallied 37.3% for the year to date while the S&P 500 index is up 19.5%.
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