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| From | "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: Media Play Bites the Dust |
| Date | Thu, 15 Dec 2005 13:48:20 -0500 |
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Me too. I had a mental checklist of 5 titles. 2 they didn't have, 3 were
too expensive. I bought some magazines and split, then went online and
ordered the whole 5.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marty Rudnick" <mrudnick@marturo.com>
>I was in Tower Records the other day, picking up a last-minute birthday
>gift for my nephew. Their prices were high, and there were just a
>sprinkling of customers in the store...during the height of the Christmas
>shopping season. Can their demise be far off?
>
> Marty
>
>
> ---- Stewart Mason <craigtorso@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <WARFELT@Nationwide.com>
>> > Media Play is closing all of it's stores Nationwide. This was
>> > announced
>> > yesterday.
>>
>> I'm with Josh on this one: Media Play closing means the same thing
>> that Wherehouse and HMV closing did, that stores with stock limited to
>> major labels and well-distributed indies, absurdly high per-CD markup
>> (I was in the Record Barn in Copley Square last year and discovered
>> that most of the discs were priced at $18.98, even the deep catalogue
>> stuff!) and a business plan last revised in 1985 are in big trouble.
>> Chains that can adapt to the current realities of the marketplace
>> won't be.
>> >
>> > I live in Columbus, Oh. This is a metropolitan area of about 2
>> > million
>> > people. It now leaves us with no major music retailer of any sort.
>> > The
>> > Virgin Megastore closed about 2 years ago. I buy a lot of stuff
>> > on-line,
>> > but still enjoyed the retail experience to browse through discs,
>> > look at
>> > books, or pick up a copy of Mojo or Q.
>> >
>> > This leaves us with the limited stock of a Best Buy or Target or God
>> > forbid, Wal Friggin Mart.
>>
>> Columbus is home to one of the best indie record stores in the
>> country. Anyone who has easy access to Used Kids (not to mention some
>> of the other good-to-great stores on High Street, particularly
>> Magnolia Thunderpussy) can't play the "no good record stores" card.
>>
>> S
>>
>>
>>
>
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