Best Buy will have the Apple Watch in all stores by the end of September
Best Buy will sell the Apple Watch in all of its 1,050 stores by the end of September, responding to strong consumer demand for the wearable.
By Sept. 4, the Apple Watch will be available in 900 Best Buy stores, and it will appear in the retailer's remaining locations by the end of the month, CEO Hubert Joly said Tuesday.
Best Buy began selling the wearable in 100 stores as well as online on Aug. 7. The company had planned to expand availability to 200 additional stores by the Christmas shopping season.
However, "early momentum" from the Apple Watch "triggered" Best Buy to expand and accelerate the rollout, Joly said during a conference call to discuss the company's second-quarter earnings.
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