i2 To Power Best Buy
Steve McVey - June 29, 2000

Event Summary

Consumer electronics supermarket Best Buy, Inc. announced it would license a suite of supply chain management applications from i2 Technologies to help it integrate strategic planning with merchandise and financial planning, enhance its ability to sell merchandise over the Internet, and link operations of its online and retail stores. Best Buy will implement i2's applications for demand planning, supply chain planning, logistics planning, and e-commerce capabilities and perhaps others. Since introducing its first cavernous superstore in 1989, the Minnesota-based discount retailer has grown rapidly to over 350 stores in 39 states. The company now hopes to replicate the success of its brick-and-mortar business in cyberspace...