Management is also forecasting 90 new stores for the year and same-store sales growth of 3% to 5%. Additionally, executives are planning for earnings per share to come in between $2.65 and $2.80, up from $2.27 last year, and 10% to 13% growth in total sales.

The company's 742 US Best Buy stores rang up $9.4 billion in revenue, a 14% jump above the prior year's Q4, and same-store sales rose 7.3%. The retailer opened nine Best Buys during the quarter. Its 20 high-end Magnolia Audio Video stores posted a comparable-store sales leap of 30.3%, on $55 million in revenue.

The international segment, which is made up of 118 Future Shop units, 44 Best Buys and five Geek Squad stores in Canada, posted revenues of $1.3 billion, rising 24%. During the quarter the company opened three Best Buys and Geek Squad north of the border.

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