In the following video, Motley Fool consumer-goods analysts Blake Bos and Isaac Pino discuss some beaten-down retailers that took off today. Shares of Best Buy (BBY 1.01%) were up on news that the stock had received upgrades from a couple of analysts, and Office Depot (ODP 0.04%) and OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX) were in talks about a possible merger, leading to a jump in shares of office-supply retailers across the sector. Blake and Isaac discuss why analyst upgrades should be taken with a grain of salt, share why the electronics retailer sector may not be dead after all, and tell us what they think of the office-supplies sector as a whole.
Why Retailer Shares Are Taking Flight
By Blake Bos and Isaac Pino, CPA – Feb 19, 2013 at 5:35PM
NYSE: BBY
Best Buy
Market Cap
$17B
Today's Change
(-1.01%) $0.84
Current Price
$82.34
Price as of October 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM ET
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