Best Buy Planning to Pull CD’s This Year

Best Buy

Target may follow suit.

According to Billboard, Best Buy has plans to stop selling CD’s July 1st of this year. This may come as something of a shock, as the retailer had previously been one of the biggest retail music sellers. And Target may have plans to do the same; they have reportedly been asking music suppliers that they want to sell physical media on a consignment basis, with the suppliers buying back unsold stock at cost.

Sales of CD’s have been flagging for a while now, so it might not seem to be a big deal. Especially as music streaming services and the resurgence of vinyl have taken root. Nonetheless there are people not happy with the decision, and it’s not exactly hard to see why. CD’s still have the highest quality of recording of the lot, and not everyone has the sort of internet connection that makes streaming completely practical.

On the plus side, you’ll probably still be able to buy albums on demand, assuming you don’t mind paying for shipping. Still, gone, it seems, are the days where you could just walk around a store and discover new music, and the tactile feeling of holding it before you buy it. Still it’s not much of a surprise; both Best Buy and Target’s music sections have been shrinking for some time.

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Source: Business Insider

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