{"id":6603,"date":"2012-04-16T13:29:43","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T18:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/?p=6603"},"modified":"2017-04-17T09:27:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T14:27:56","slug":"best-buy-closing-50-stores-none-in-north-dakota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/6603\/best-buy-closing-50-stores-none-in-north-dakota","title":{"rendered":"Best Buy Closing 50 Stores; None In North Dakota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>None of Best Buy&#8217;s four North Dakota locations are on its list of 50 stores closing.<\/p>\n<p>Best Buy has felt increased pressure from shifting consumer\u00a0habits\u00a0favoring online shopping, which Best Buy has had difficulty gaining a strong foothold against online market leaders Amazon.com and Walmart.com.<\/p>\n<p>Best Buy first announced its plans to shutter 50 stores last month, but the full list was not released until now. In nearby Minnesota, where Best Buy&#8217;s roots began and where its company headquarters are still located, six stores are expected to close.\u00a0In addition to closing stores, Best Buy is also experimenting with a new concept store being tested in two markets, including Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pr.bby.com\/phoenix.zhtml?c=244152&amp;p=irol-newsArticle&amp;ID=1683036&amp;highlight=\" target=\"_blank\">View the full list.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>None of Best Buy&#8217;s four North Dakota locations are on its list of 50 stores closing. Best Buy has felt increased pressure from shifting consumer\u00a0habits\u00a0favoring online shopping, which Best Buy has had difficulty gaining a strong foothold against online market leaders Amazon.com and Walmart.com. Best Buy first announced its plans to shutter 50 stores last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[518,2409,364],"tags":[823,253,237],"class_list":["post-6603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bismarck-news","category-business-news","category-home-page","tag-best-buy","tag-business","tag-pinehurst-square"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bismarckcafe.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}