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Best Buy Tightens Procedure On Game Sales (ap)
Fri May 20, 4:52 PM ET
MINNEAPOLIS - Best Buy Co. has a new policy intended to keep children from buying mature video games at the company's stores, including "mystery shoppers" who will make sure clerks are checking IDs.
The Best Buy policy comes seven months after several religious groups filed a shareholder resolution asking the company to disclose its policy.
On Thursday the coalition, led by Christian Brothers Investment Services, withdrew the resolution and praised Best Buy.
The policy is for violent and sexually explicit games that draw a mature or "M" rating from the Entertainment Software Rating Board. Best Buy salespeople will be trained in how and when to check IDs, and could face dismissal if they're found to be selling violent games to children under age 17.
Julie Tanner, Christian Brothers' corporate advocacy coordinator, said many retailers have adopted policies that prohibit sales of mature games to minors, but Best Buy is among the first to use mystery shoppers and set up discipline for employees that violate the policy.
Shares of Best Buy rose 17 cents to close at $54.36 in Friday trading on the
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