The Best Buy 'Buy Back' Program Repurchases Old Electronics
Meghan Young — January 14, 2011 — Eco
Adding to their environmentally conscious stance in the electronic industry, the Best Buy 'Buy Back' program encourages customers to bring back their used electronics when they are ready for new ones.
An ingenious system, the Best Buy 'Buy Back' program works rather simply. You essentially opt into it if you pay an additional $69.99 on top of your regular purchase. By doing so, you can then bring back your product within two years to get up to %50 of the purchase price back. Pretty ingenious, don't you think?
An ingenious system, the Best Buy 'Buy Back' program works rather simply. You essentially opt into it if you pay an additional $69.99 on top of your regular purchase. By doing so, you can then bring back your product within two years to get up to %50 of the purchase price back. Pretty ingenious, don't you think?
Trend Themes
1. Sustainable Electronics - The trend towards more environmentally conscious electronics and gadgets creates opportunities for companies to develop innovative recycling and buy-back programs.
2. Subscription Services - The Best Buy 'Buy Back' program and similar cash-back systems offer opportunities for electronics retailers and manufacturers to explore subscription-based models for tech purchases.
3. Circular Economy - Gadget cash-back systems like Best Buy's 'Buy Back' contribute to the development of a circular economy that emphasizes resource circulation and reducing waste, providing opportunities across industries to identify ways they can similarly circulate their products and materials.
Industry Implications
1. Electronics Retail - Electronics retailers can seize on the trend towards sustainable electronics and cash-back systems by developing programs that offer end-users incentives for returning products and adopting new technologies.
2. Consumer Electronics Manufacturers - Consumer electronics manufacturers can harness the benefits of gadget cash-back systems and explore new business models to better align with circular economy principles, such as developing products for long-term use or repairability.
3. Waste Management - Waste management companies can explore opportunities to collaborate with electronics manufacturers and retailers to collect and process end-of-life electronics more effectively and efficiently, as gadget cash-back systems become more commonplace.
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