Best Buy to Raise Starting Hourly Pay to $15; Sales Up 2.5% to Date for Q2
Best Buy’s Q2 quarter-to-date sales were up 2.5% through Saturday, including 2% in the U.S., said the retailer Tuesday. Sales are up about 15% from last year since stores started reopening mid-June, it said. Best Buy is raising hourly pay…
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4%, effective Aug. 2, it said: “After the 4% hourly pay increase, employees who are not yet at $15 per hour will have their pay increased to the $15 per hour starting wage.” The stock rose 4.1% to $94 at 5:13 p.m. EDT.