brownie Posted March 10, 2007 Report Posted March 10, 2007 (edited) The influential daily newspaper Le Monde has an op-ed in its edition out today on the French record dealers plight (english translatation from Le Monde) Discs without dealer Related article: Disquaires: Avis de déprime Edited March 10, 2007 by brownie Quote
Claude Posted March 10, 2007 Report Posted March 10, 2007 (edited) Thanks brownie! Both articles are somehow confusing, in that they say that dedicated record stores are menaced by supermarkets, iTunes and illegal filesharing, but fail to mention the competition from Amazon and other online stores. I think online purchases of CDs have much more impact on the decline of the traditional retail business than music downloads. Edited March 10, 2007 by Claude Quote
brownie Posted March 10, 2007 Author Report Posted March 10, 2007 Purchases from the Internet is mentioned 'en passant'. However there is an accompanying chart which details the influence of outfits like Amazon http://www.lemonde.fr/web/infog/0,47-0@2-3...1-881587,0.html Look under 'Sur les plate-forms de téléchargement Internet'. Some Le Monde readers have already voiced that they don't care about the disappearance of Fnac or Virgin since the way to go nowadays is Amazon! Quote
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