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Best Buy Senior VP Quits

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Stephen Gillett, executive vice president and president, Best Buy Digital, is leaving the company.

Mr. Gillett’s responsibilities have been re-assigned to senior executives across the company, including the company’s chief administrative and chief financial officer, Sharon McCollam, its president of Online and Global E-Commerce, Scott Durchslag and Shawn Score, senior vice president of U.S. Retail.

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