Jobs Lost in Best Buy HQ Layoffs, Store Closures: Several Thousand, No

Tom Blumer
March 30th, 2012 1:43 PM
From what I can tell, no one in the establishment press yesterday attempted to quantify the total employment impact of yesterday's announcement by Best Buy that it will reduce its headquarters headcount by 400 and close 50 stores. One thing is certain: It's not just 400, as the headlines and verbiage in certain media reports might lead readers to believe -- and it's not excusable to say that…