Best Buy is changing its supply chain, adding more automation and more distribution centers closer to population centers. Best Buy is changing its supply chain, adding more automation and more distribution centers closer to population centers. Photo: Bloomberg NewsBest Buy Inc. BBY -6.65% believes it needs to stock more inventory if it wants to sell more electronics. Best Buy is undertaking what the company calls a “multiyear transformation” of its supply chain, which will include more automation and more distribution centers closer to population centers. But its first quarterly results suggest the retailer believes it needs to have goods both on shelves and in fulfillment centers helps drive sales.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 24, 2018 20:25 UTC