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Best Buy to Devote Retail Space to Albums on Vinyl

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 28, 2009 - 12:35pm.
New York - After a successful test in 100 of its stores, electronics and media retail chain Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) plans to set aside eight square feet of retail space in each of its more than 1,000 stores for vinyl records, according to the New York Post. The space equates to about 200 albums. Vinyl sales were up 89% in 2008, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

tags: Music | Best Buy | Retail | Vinyl |

Buzz Watch: The White Stripes New Album Rocks on both Digital, CD and Vinyl

Authored by Jay Baage on June 18, 2007 - 9:40pm.
WhiteStripesRelease The American duo The White Strips transcend time. Not only do they sound like they made their music in the 60s or the 70s, they have people standing in line for the new album at the now closed Tower Records store in Hollywood, reopened just for this! Plus they break new records in sales of vinyl. Yes, that’s right, seven-inch black vinyl discs. The White Stripes is a band that just sounds better on vinyl. It's as simple as that.
tags: Marketing | Music | UK | Europe | Tower Records | Vinyl | Icky Thump | The White Stripes |

IODA Signs Distribution Deals with Indie CD, Vinyl Distributors

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 25, 2006 - 9:07am.
San Francisco - The Independent Online Distribution Alliance (IODA), a digital distributor of independent label music, announced on Wednesday that it has signed distribution deals with three large independent CD and vinyl distributors. Under the deals, Revolver USA, U.K.-based Shellshock and Bayside Entertainment Distribution will use IODA's D3 platform to distribute digital versions of their catalogs to IODA's network of over 150 retailers.
tags: Deals | IODA | Indie CD | Vinyl |