Transworld Says Holiday Sales Down 6%
Trans World who operate stores under the Coconuts, Strawberries, Wherehouse, Sam Goody and Spec’s names is reporting a comparable store sales decrease of 6% for the five-week period ending December. Continue reading
’06 “Death Of The Blockbuster CD” Stats
Long Tail author and WIRED editor Chris Anderson took a look at the "death-of-the-blockbuster stats" for 2006. Most teliing s the decline in gold, platinum, multiplatinum albums (respectively 500,000, 1,000,00. Continue reading
More 2007 Music Industry Predictions
In addition to Hypebot’s own 2007 Music Industry predictions, we found some others willing to gaze into their own crystal balls with some interesting results: Bob Lefsetz’s predictions include: EMI. Continue reading
It Was A Blue Chrsitmas For Music Even With Digital Sales
The IPod, portable music devices, and home entertainment centers we’re among the hottest sellers this holiday season. But that didn’t mean that consumers then rushed to stores or online to. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 12-17-06
Pos. ARTIST | TITLE 1 BEATLES|LOVE 2 CALE/CLAPTON|ROAD TO ESCONDIDO 3 MAYER*JOHN|VILLAGE SESSION EP 4 YOUNG JEEZY|INSPIRATION: THUG 5 WAITS*TOM|ORPHANS 6 MCLACHLAN*SARAH|WINTERSONG 7 STEVENS*SUFJAN|SONGS FOR CHRIS 8 DYLAN*BOB|MODERN TIMES. Continue reading
Amazon To Enter Crowded Download Market With MP3 Only Store
Late last week Amazon began circulating contracts to labels aiming for a late 1st Q ’07 music download store launch. Rumors of an Amazon entry have been circulating all year,. Continue reading
Labels Find Profits Despite Declining Sales
The New York Times took a look at how labels are finding profits despite declining sales: "…Warner Music executives provided cost-analysis data from a successful hip-hop record released in the. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 12-03-06
Pos. ARTIST | TITLE 1 BEATLES|LOVE 2 INCUBUS|LIGHT GRENADES 3 WAITS*TOM|ORPHANS 4 CALE/CLAPTON|ROAD TO ESCONDIDO 5 JAY-Z|KINGDOM COME 6 CLIPSE|HELL HATH NO FURY 7 YOUNG*NEIL & CR|LIVE AT THE. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 10-29-06
Pos. ARTIST|TITLE 1 MY CHEMICAL ROM|BLACK PARADE,T 2 BECK|INFORMATION 3 DYLAN*BOB|MODERN TIMES 4 LEGEND*JOHN|ONCE AGAIN 5 BRIGHT EYES|NOISE FLOOR (RARIT 5 DECEMBERISTS|CRANE WIFE 7 KILLERS|SAM’S TOWN 8 CONVERGE|NO HEROES 9. Continue reading
Universal Drops Euro Catalog Download Prices
Universal is dropping the European pricing on 1500 classic albums including titles from The Who, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley and others. These titles will now sell for about 6.99 euros. Continue reading
