Posted on Wednesday, January 18th, 2006 at 5:17 pm
On a product category basis, Best Buy said consumer electronics generated 47 percent of December volume, against 44 percent in the same 2004 period, and had a 7.5 increase in comp stores sales. Home office products represented 26 percent of volume, off from the year-earlier 27 percent, and same-store sales were off 0.1 percent. Also down were entertainment software sales for the month, which were 23 percent, off 3 percent, and same-store sales dropped 3 percent. Appliances took a 4 percent share of December sales, up from 3 percent, and had an 8.4 percent increase at comparable stores.
