As has been reported, Samsung is building stores inside of Best Buy. This is a very smart move to push the Samsung brand across all of the many products that it manufactures.
Coincidentally, I popped into a local Best Buy and snapped a pic of that store's Samsung store (which is not yet complete).
To no one's surprise, this is across the aisle from the Apple store.
Julianne Pepitone, writing for CNNMoney about Best Buy's recent change to its work-from-home program:
Unlike Yahoo's blanket policy, Best Buy (BBY, Fortune 500) said some of the 4,000 non-store employees who took advantage of its work-from home program still may be able to telecommute or set flexible schedules. But as of Monday they'll no longer have the freedom to make those decisions without a manager, as they had in the past.
Yahoo made a serious misstep in how it handled the change to its work-from-home program. The now infamous internal memo detailing the change reeks of condescension, and CEO Marissa Mayer didn't do much to avoid criticism by building a nursery in her office (thus leaving her open to claims of being a hypocrite).
Best Buy, in contrast, made a smart move. It isn't eliminating the work-from-home program, but instead is restoring checks and balances to the program. It boggles the mind that employees were able to make the work-from-home decision without input from their manager. Now, at the very least, the decision will be made after a conversation with the employee's manager.
Kudos to Best Buy for making a dramatic change without stumbling over itself (as Yahoo did).
