Best Buy to Pull CDs, Target Threatens to Pay Labels for CDs Only When Customers Buy Them

"With the popularity of digital music surging, Best Buy is officially pulling the plug on music CDs, and another retail giant may soon join them. Although CDs remain a relatively popular format worldwide, sales in the U.S. dropped more than 18% last year, prompting Best Buy to drop the format entirely".

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8097929/best-buy-to-pull-cds-target-threatens-to-pay-labels-for-cds-only-when

https://www.digitaltrends.com/music/best-buy-to-stop-selling-music-cds/

hgeifman07-02-2018 10:05pm

esthlos13 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 90 posts 07-02-2018 at 11:59pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete There current selection is terrible at best I do much much better at a local place Called the Exhange. What I really don’t understand is why bestbuy wastes so much space with dvd only movies. Every movie should at least be a Blu-ray combo pack. They sometimes have 5 versions of the same film! And rarely ever in 3d....
oddiofyl Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,447 posts 07-03-2018 at 12:14am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I have little reason to go to Best Buy, hate it there.... now really no reason for me to go there....
tooblue Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,882 posts 07-03-2018 at 01:39am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I buy kitchen appliances and my TV's at Best Buy, kind of forgot they sold CDs.
wcfeil Details Discussions Posts This discussion 464 posts 07-03-2018 at 09:53pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Many banks still sell CDs
geoffkait Details Discussions Posts This discussion 23,365 posts 07-03-2018 at 09:57pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Don’t really care. I get most of my CDs at Starbucks.