We propose to use the surplus to buy a box of Crackerjacks for the first 3 million fans.
B's domination of the market means consumers will buy its box and only its box.
It works much the same way when we buy a box of cereal at the local store.
It may seem odd that anyone would buy a box of chocolates because a name unconnected with the manufacture of confectionery was associated with it.
While many still buy big-box furniture, Salguero believes a growing number of people would switch to custom made if it was easy enough to coordinate with with the seller and make the transaction.
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While you can still buy a TiVo box at retail, Rogers notes that the company has been pushing its way into more deals with cable operators, and now has licenses with 9 of the 21 largest U.S. pay TV services.
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"Many consumers today are looking for a way to enjoy Internet video on their TVs but they don't want to have to connect their PC or buy a separate box to make that happen, " said Norm Bogen, Vice President of Digital Entertainment Research at In-Stat.
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Most vendors charge a license fee for each new box customers buy.
Today's shops heave with Jubilee cakes, disposable decorations and flag-emblazoned baubles, letting consumers buy patriotism out of a box.
Yet the chain's selling woes continued against the tough competition of big-box outlets Best Buy, Circuit City and Wal-Mart Stores.
Troubled big box retailer Best Buy is banking on the holiday season to improve its prospects, and it has the most holiday listings of any company, at 14, 700, according to Indeed.
Even supposing the 35% of the population who say they don't want extra channels had been persuaded to buy a set-top box, there is still the little problem of all those second and third televisions that end up in bedrooms and kitchens.
At that time Best Buy had plans to open several of its big box stores in Europe, but the difficulties both Best Buy and Europe have faced since the recession made it tough to implement the plans.
Kalin rejects that path, noting that big-box stores like Best Buy liquidate their overstock on eBay.
Another company that is still struggling after the high-profile exit of its CEO: big box electronics retailer Best Buy.
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Acer acquired the California-based computer company in 2007 and continues to sell products under the Gateway name, particularly at big box stores like Best Buy.
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Kalin rejects that path, noting that big-box stores like Best Buy (nyse: BBY - news - people ) liquidate their overstock on eBay.
Big-box technology retailer Best Buy slashed its earnings forecast Friday.
In an effort to curtail a practice that threatens to destroy big box retailers, Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) has vowed to eliminate showrooming in all of its stores.
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That should unleash some healthy competition: Within a few years it may not be uncommon to buy a set-top digital box that can not only decode cable transmissions, but is also a web browser, a game machine and a DVD player.
With flu season coming soon, you might want to look at this box more closely before you buy it.
The shares of big box electronics retailer Best Buy Inc. ( BBY) are getting hammered in pre-market trading this morning.
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The effort, led by senators Mike Enzi (R-WY), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Lamar Alexander (R-TN), could finally resolve what has been an increasingly ugly battle among on-line mega-retailers such as Amazon.com, big box stores such as Best Buy, local Main Street retailers, and state tax collectors.
The woman had a choice: She could spend her money on great box seats for the Derby or buy outrageous hats.
At first glance, Office 2013 resembles Office 2010, whether you buy it as a subscription or out of a box.
People are more driven to buy physical copies of a movie if that DVD box is adding to a collection (like with Harry Potter).
If you have the software and are about to buy a book from Amazon, say, a box will pop up to tell you that you could get it cheaper elsewhere.
They help generate extra volume from "black box" traders who use computer programs to buy and sell stocks in millisecond intervals, often for a tiny loss, in order to reap rebates of 20 cents per 100 shares.
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