Electronics retailer to open Yorkshire store

CONSUMER electronics retailer Best Buy is to create 100 jobs in Rotherham by opening a new megastore in the town.

The shop, which will sell TVs, computers, games consoles, movies, and mobiles, will open at the Retail World Shopping Park at Parkgate next spring/summer.

Best Buy said it will begin recruiting new staff at the end of this year, including store management, department managers and a variety of sales, operations, merchandising, asset protection and administration roles.

Vacancies will also be available for a number of so-called Geek Squad Agents, to provide customers with 24-hour technology support services.

The opening of the Rotherham store is one of three new shops announced by the retailer. The others are in Hayes, West London, and Enfield, North London.

The firm, which is also opening stores in Bristol, and Nottingham next year, currently has four UK stores in Thurrock, Essex; Hedge End, Southampton; Merry Hill, West Midlands; and Aintree, near Liverpool.

Stores in Croydon and Derby are opening this autumn.

The district manager for Best Buy UK, Paul Minett, said: “I’m excited that we’ll be opening Best Buy stores in more new areas of the UK, ensuring that people that live and work near Hayes, Rotherham and Enfield will soon be able to experience why we’re a different kind of consumer electronics retailer.

“We’ll start recruiting for enthusiastic store colleagues for the Rotherham and Hayes stores at the end of this year, with our search for colleagues beginning next year for the store in Enfield.

“Team members will be enrolled in Best Buy’s nine-week ‘Blueshirt Academy’ where they will receive training on the latest consumer technology and develop skills for offering personalised, intelligent and impartial service.”

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