Apple Inc. (AAPL) Didn’t Kill Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY)

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GameStop and Barnes & Noble have digital initiatives in place to try to offset some of the sting of the download revolution, but even if those attempts are enough — and they won’t be — the physical store model is toast.

Why would Best Buy be any more fortunate? Sure, the company sells the devices that play digital media, but that’s pretty much it. The content creators and digital marketplaces take over from there, and the hardware upgrades will largely fall into the arms of the carriers and access providers that make the connections possible.

Apple didn’t kill Best Buy, and that’s why Best Buy will continue to suffer. Showrooming didn’t kill Best Buy, and that’s why sales will continue to fall, even now as Amazon is collecting sales taxes in a growing number of states.

Digital killed the physical star.

Respect the crime scene, please.

The article Apple Didn’t Kill Best Buy originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Rick Aristotle Munarriz.

Longtime Fool contributor Rick Aristotle Munarriz has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Amazon.com and Apple and owns shares of Amazon.com, Apple, and GameStop.

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