In retail i cannot imagine everyone but clothing and food stores surviving.
Can anybody compete with "100 available new and used from $2.00" from Amazon?
Its a good thing really, a wider offering of products is opening up. Not just what a retail purchasing agent decides to stock or is paid to stock.
I remenber having to have to always have to go to a clerk at "The Warehouse" (remember them?) to "special order" something they didnt stock.I like this way better.

bboy87 said:

I'm surprised that you,of all people,didn't already have it It was released several months ago!

violetblues said:

Hey this is very true - the internet's commercial possibilities have brought both benefits and drawbacks.

Arguably it means benefits for the consumer but drawbacks for the economy in general..

Over here in the UK, as well as the internet impacting record stores, the big change has come due to supermarkets getting in on the act.

Now, a supermarket that sells thousands of other products and can lure people into their store to spend, I don't know, say £100 on a weekly shop can afford to sell music as a loss leader and not worry about taking a small hit on it. In the big picture it is worth the investment for them.

A dedicated record store struggles to keep up with that kind of muscular financial clout.

On the other hand, for me and you that means cheaper CDs all round, and I don't see any of us saying "Erm, excuse me, this is too cheap, can i give you an extra couple of quid on top of the marked price..?" So I guess we're all responsible!

Timmy84 said:

Best Buy is my first stop for music, but I get almost everything else (other than groceries) at Target. I will also be very sad if Target closes, but I doubt it will. I maybe bought a few DVDs from Circuit City, but nothing major.

There was a TV news report that compared overall savings between Target and Walmart (because everyone touts Walmart as being cheaper). Over the course of 1 year, it was something ridiculously low - like $10. This was an apples-to-apples comparison.

Se7en said:

Yeah i like Target too.
For a discount store, Target has a little more class, a better choice of products.
I stay away from Wallmart as much as possible.

Target isn't going anywhere. They have us hooked with those commercials.

SoulAlive said:

I'm a broke college student I chose the Destiny remaster over Triumph

blacmajic said:

there's no place like Target at Christmas to save!

bboy87 said:

Well,you made the right choice.'Destiny' is their best album

the companies that you wont see going anywhere at any point in the near future are pretty much the following

Walmart
Target
Best Buy (though you will see product reductions)
Staples (not a music outlet but 1 of the few companies in + shape)
Amazon

Thats pretty much it for companies. As for Mom and Pop indie stores, they can only survive with loyal customers, they arent going to survive taking hits on new cds, they will need to keep the loyals that will buy used stuff, vinyl, collectibles, imports etc... but if people keep losing work, and prices go up on things, you will see alot of them close

TD3 said:

hmmm? when was that? at every Circuit City I've been to, CD's and DVD's take up roughly a third of the floor space of the entire store.


anyway, I've been in twice since all this started going down with them. I'll go back when they get serious about the clearance sales. anything you'd actually want is still only 10% off, even though they're playing up the "up to 30% off" thing.

I stopped buying things like electronics from real stores mostly buy everything online. I know how to get killer deals that no retailer can come close to matching.

Bestbuy might be a favorite for many but they lost me as a customer when they refused to do a price match after the manager realized they would lose money on it.
They did this twice on 2 different products and i had no choice since i had a giftcard.

bestbuy prices in most cases r very high most ppl dont know where to find killer deals

lastdecember said:

Staples is closing a lot of stores, i dont see them surving but in large metro areas.

Indie stores usto survive by stocking non traditional products that major retail didnt, but the net took that away.

Amazon! I love Amazon, i buy too much crap from amazon. I would buy stock in Amazon if i had spare change.

I went to Circuit City on Tuesday and the shelves were almost empty.
People don't know how to wait until the prices drop down low,
it was mostly only 10% off.

10%