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Its only a matter of time

Posted on 09. Oct, 2006 by in Uncategorized

Towerrecords
Tower records – the big America music retailer – is bankrupt and has gone out of business.

Its not entirely surprising considering that most music is either stolen, or shared or downloaded off the Internet these days.

The question is; how much longer are local physical music retailers going to exist as the availability and access to broadband in South Africa spreads?

Its not just music retailers that should be paying attention here. Is the new world of business going to be leaving your brand behind?

One down – lots more to go.

The music’s over for Tower records – Washington Post

One Response to “Its only a matter of time”

  1. The Don

    09. Oct, 2006

    Nice article, we had a bit to say about this as well:
    http://www.themuso.co.za/?p=465

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