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Best Buy Lands Apple Watch, but Only 300 Stores To Have It by Holidays

Best Buy will begin selling the Apple Watch in select stores Aug. 7, the retailer said Monday. Best Buy will be the first national retailer other than Apple Stores to carry the Apple Watch, it said. The device will trickle…

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out to some 100 Best Buy stores and the e-commerce site Aug. 7 and to another 200 stores in time for the holiday season, it said. Customers will be able to view, try and buy 16 Apple Watch models in 38mm and 42mm sizes, said Best Buy, which will also carry 50 Watch accessories including bands, screen shields, stands and chargers. The retailer won’t be carrying the flagship Apple Watch Edition models, which start at $10,000. Best Buy operates 1,049 U.S. stores.