Good morning, Broadsheet readers! A memoir and an inspirational book are on the way from Serena Willams, Betches gets acquired, and Best Buy CEO Corie Barry argues that technology is a "need," not another form of discretionary spending.
- Consumer behavior. Best Buy CEO Corie Barry doesn't think her company should be lumped in with discretionary consumer spending. Technology isn't a nice thing to have, but a human right, she argued at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit last week.
I interviewed Barry, a two-decade veteran of the $46 billion-in-revenue electronics retailer, onstage in Laguna Niguel, Calif. In a conversation that covered a "contradictory" macroeconomic environment and her path from CFO to CEO, Barry made the pitch for Best Buy as more than a place to check out new gadgets.
