In 24 districts, potential employees were wooed with posters and brochures emphasizing community service.

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The shift involves more than merely emphasizing customer service: it means orienting everyone and everything in the firm to understanding customers and providing more value to them sooner.

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And Best Buy is emphasizing its customer service personnel: the Geek Squad.

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