Best Buy to cut costs, close 50 stores, though list not finalized...What about Riverrdale Utah

 

As  Best Buy remodels the Circuit City building and plans to relocated to the new location the corporate office announces the closure of 50 Best Buy Stores which could effect this new location.

This could  be leaving 2 large building in the Riverdale vacate. If you look around Riverdale there are a number of buildings  left vacate due to the economy or lack of new business want to relocate to an older building.

With that in mind there are a number of new business that will are have moved to Riverdale

Shoe Carnival has announced that they will open a store next to Pier One Imports in the Riverdale Family Center.

The Boot Barn Western and Work Ware has announced plans to open a store in Riverdale at 5320 S. Freeway Park Drive

Gordmans retail store has announced plans to open a store that will be located in the current FYE store space at the Family Center.

Zurchers Discount Party Supply has announced that it will relocate to occupy a portion of the old Toys-R-Us building. The building is currently being remodeled.

n-N-Out Burger is remodeling the old Toys-R-Us building. Plans call for the space to be divided into two stores. Zurchers will occupy the one of the two spaces.
Construction of the In-N-Out Burger restaurant is scheduled to take place in the spring

Crazy 8 children's clothing store is planning to open at 4089 S. Riverdale Road. Plans have been submitted and are now under review.

Best Buy to cut costs, close 50 stores, though list not finalized

Electronics » Company plans to cut 400 jobs, open smaller locations.

By MAE ANDERSON

and MICHELLE CHAPMAN

| The Associated Press

First Published Mar 29 2012 01:51 pm • Last Updated Mar 29 2012 09:30 pm

IIn order to grow, Best Buy is shrinking.

The largest U.S. specialty electronics retailer for years expanded quickly by opening big-box stores across the country. But shoppers have started using the hulking stores as showrooms where they can test out products before buying them cheaper elsewhere.

To revamp the struggling chain, Best Buy said Thursday it plans to close 50 of its U.S. big-box stores, cut 400 corporate jobs and trim $800 million in costs. The company, which has about 1,400 U.S. locations, also plans to open 100 smaller and more profitable Best Buy Mobile stores throughout the country.

The company has not yet finalized the list of stores to be closed, said spokeswoman Susan Busch. In Utah, the retailer has stores in South Salt Lake, Murray, Sandy and West Jordan in Salt Lake County, as well as in Riverdale in Weber County and American Fork and Orem in Utah County. It also has one store in Park City, Logan and Washington in southern Utah.

"How do we position the company so we’re where our customers need us to be?" asked CEO Brian Dunn in a call on Thursday with analysts. "We’re clearly going to have more doors and less square footage."

Best Buy is trying to avoid the fate of its rival Circuit City, which liquidated in 2009 after it struggled with the changing electronics landscape. Sales of TVs, digital cameras and video-game consoles — once the bread and butter of electronics retailers — have weakened, while sales of lower-margin items like tablet computers, smartphones and e-readers have increased. The rise in competition from Internet rivals like Amazon.com and discounters like Target also has hurt electronics retailers.

To better compete, Best Buy is shaking up its business. In addition to closing some of its big-box stores, the company said it will focus on what sets it apart from its rivals: trained sales staff that can help shoppers get the most out of their tablets, TVs and other electronic devices, including tech support from its Geek Squad service and repair unit.

But even as Best Buy announced its changes on Thursday, the Minneapolis-based company also posted a $1.7 billion fiscal fourth-quarter loss that’s partly due to restructuring charges. Despite the loss, Best Buy’s adjusted results for the quarter topped Wall Street’s expectations. But as investors worried that Best Buy’s restructuring didn’t go far enough, its shares slid about 7 percent to $24.66.

Best Buy’s loss amounted to $4.89 per share for the period ended March 3, compared with a profit of $651 million, or $1.62 per share, a year ago. Results included $2.6 billion in charges mostly related to its purchase of Carphone Warehouse Group PLC’s interest in the Best Buy Mobile profit-sharing agreement and related costs, as well as an impairment charge tied to writing off Best Buy Europe goodwill and restructuring charges.

Taking these items out, adjusted earnings were $2.47 per share, above the $2.15 per share that analysts surveyed by FactSet forecast. Revenue rose 3 percent to $16.08 billion, but missed Wall Street’s $17.18 billion estimate.