In March 2009, a class action lawsuit was filed in a New York district federal court stating Best Buy allegedly had a secret "Anti-Price Matching Policy". Juan Ortiz, supervisor at three Connecticut Best Buy, as well as other former Best Buy employees claim they has orders from management to deny legitimate customer price match requests.Hartford Courant: Best Buy's Secret "Anti-Price Matching Policy" (March 23, 2009)

1. 1966: Audio specialty store "Sound of Music" opened in Saint Paul, Minnesota
2. 1983: Sound of Music adopted the Best Buy corporate name
3. 1987: Best Buy debuted on NYSE with symbol BBY
4. 1989: Company adopted current "yellow tag" logo
5. 1997: First electronic retailer to sell DVDs
6. 2004: Company incorporated Geek Squad offices in every store
7. 2007: First Best Buy in China opened
8. 2008: First Best Buy Mobile stores opened

• A pending lawsuit by Ct Attorney General Richard Blumenthal against Best Buy alleges, "Corporate headquarters disseminated the anti-price matching policy to regional managers, store managers, assistant managers, and necessary store personnel. Best Buy taught its employees how to deny price match requests in its training facilities in New York. Best Buy provided financial bonuses based, in part, on denying proper price match requests. Best Buy denied more than 100 proper price match requests per store per week."Hartford Courant: Best Buy's Secret "Anti-Price Matching Policy" (March 23, 2009)

• In October 2008, Best Buy announced the launch of the Best Buy Mobile store. The stores are located in shopping malls and offer mobile devices for sale. Best Buy Mobile employees teach customers how to make all of their mobile devices, such as cell phones and portable computers, work together.Press Release: Best Buy Mobile Unveils New "Mobile Life" Store(October 15, 2008)