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Get Your Groceries at Best Buy

In an attempt to shed some of its own space Best Buy is looking to lease some square footage to other retailers.

By Ian Ritter | Updated on July 11, 2011

In an attempt to shrink its average store size from 45,000 square feet to 36,000 square feet, Best Buy is apparently considering leasing space in current stores to other retailers. Uses being considered by management include grocer, beauty suppliers and home-furnishings retailers.

The retailer is doing this in the midst of recent sales slides as competition from online competitors heats up. Among the names mentioned by brokers in the Los Angeles times as possible space takers are Trader Joe’s and Sephora, which already leases up space in many JCPenney stores.

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