Best Buy’s Growth Strategy: Smaller Stores Under New CEO Jason Bonfig

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Incoming CEO Jason Bonfig outlines a plan to revitalize Best Buy by shifting to smaller-format stores and renewed operational focus.

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Jason Bonfig, incoming CEO of Best Buy, told CNBC he wants to "go smaller." It is a blunt, public pivot from the big-box template to a denser, service-heavy footprint, and that alone deserves attention. Best Buy is trying to grow while its core electronics categories face cyclical softness and shifting consumer behavior, so shrinking stores is as much a margin play as a growth play. The interview is an early litmus test of whether leadership can convert a format shift into measurable financial improvement.