CIRP Data Shows Best Buy (BBY) Sold Nearly as Many iPhones as Apple (AAPL)

March 23, 2012 9:04 AM EDT
According to an AllThingsD article Friday morning, data from the Consumer Intelligence Research Partners suggests electronics-retail giant Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) may have sold nearly as many iPhone's as Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) over the last three months.

While Apple itself sold about 15 percent of all iPhones, Best Buy sold about 13 percent. AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) sold 32 and 30 percent, respectively; Sprint sold about 7 percent of all devices. The remaining 3 percent of sales were made up by retailers like Radio Shack (NYSE: RSH) and Wal-mart (NYSE: WMT).

Best Buy shares are up about 0.6 percent in pre-market action. Shares of Apple are about flat.


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