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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:27 pm ]
Post subject:  UK music industry 'bucked downward trend'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10866830

So much for piracy killing music. :shock:
Author:  pcernie [ Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: UK music industry 'bucked downward trend'
Quote:
UK Music sales "stabilised" against a global slide in CD revenues, it added, outperforming DVDs and computer games.


Somebody should tell HMV in Belfast then... in some parts the t-shirts have more prominence than the CDs :lol:
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: UK music industry 'bucked downward trend'
pcernie wrote:
Quote:
UK Music sales "stabilised" against a global slide in CD revenues, it added, outperforming DVDs and computer games.


Somebody should tell HMV in Belfast then... in some parts the t-shirts have more prominence than the CDs :lol:

They probably have a far higher profit margin so it gets preference. Music has to compete with Amazon or Play so margins are restricted.
Author:  pcernie [ Sun Aug 08, 2010 12:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: UK music industry 'bucked downward trend'
Amnesia10 wrote:
pcernie wrote:
Quote:
UK Music sales "stabilised" against a global slide in CD revenues, it added, outperforming DVDs and computer games.


Somebody should tell HMV in Belfast then... in some parts the t-shirts have more prominence than the CDs :lol:

They probably have a far higher profit margin so it gets preference. Music has to compete with Amazon or Play so margins are restricted.


That's it alright, there's even fridges full of ridiculously priced water...
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sun Aug 08, 2010 3:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: UK music industry 'bucked downward trend'
The fact that CD sales has held up when people are supposed to be pirating does shoot their claims of the impact of piracy down.
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