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Best Buy CEO Eyes Health Care as Retailer’s ‘Next Big Thing’

  • Chain is targeting seniors for health-related electronics
  • Company’s plan includes hiring its first chief medical officer
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Best Buy Co. is well-known for bringing computers and other gadgets back to life. Now, it wants to take care of its shoppers’ health as well.

The retailer’s strategy to beef up its fledgling health-care business will be a key focus of its investor meeting Wednesday in New York. The plan includes selling everything from fancy fitness machines to health-monitoring services for seniors. It could help Best Buy grab some of the $3.5 trillion market for health spending in the U.S. -- while offsetting sluggishness in its main business of selling laptops, TVs and phones.