Best Buy Posts Weak Holiday Results

Electronics retailer Best Buy reported a 1.2% drop in December same-store sales on slow customer traffic and weakness in the gaming and digital-imaging segments.

Senh: Posting a drop in the busiest shopping season is not good.

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