Best Buy hunts Chinese electronics retailer

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27 March 2006 – Beijing (CHN): Best Buy may acquire China’s fourth-biggest electronics retailer Five Star Appliance in a $200 million deal.

The US retail chain, which has submitted a request for approval to China’s Ministry of Commerce, would initially purchase two-thirds of the Chinese retailer, although it will reportedly have the option to increase its stake to as much as 100 per cent.