Best Buy’s Outlook Clouded by Tariffs Despite Sales Rebound (2)

Aug. 28, 2025, 1:38 PM UTC

Best Buy Co. warned that tariffs continue to weigh on its business ahead of the crucial holiday shopping season, taking the shine off a quarter in which the electronics retailer boosted sales for the first time in more than three years.

The company reaffirmed its full-year financial guidance on Thursday, breaking from some other retailers that lifted their forecasts in recent days. Best Buy Chief Financial Officer Matt Bilunas said in a statement that its decision was driven by “the uncertainty of potential tariff impacts in the back half, both on consumers overall as well as our business.”

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