Re: J&R is EXPANDING it's classical dept!

Date: 9 Apr 2003 09:06:48 -0700
Newsgroups: rec.music.classical.recordings
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"Marc Perman" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:<dWGka.1$email-address-deleted>...
> Having first closed the three-story separate classical store a few
> years ago in favor of a half-floor shared with jazz and finally a
> postage-stamp-sized corner in the back, J&R Music World in NYC is
> doubling its classical department by moving opera and vocal music
> to an adjoining space on the same floor, thus freeing up more room
> for instrumental music. A glimmer of good news in these grim
> times?
>
This does sound like good news. I still remember how thrilled I was at
the huge classical selection when I first visited Tower Records in
Boston around July 4th in 1996. I hear they've closed now.
On the other hand, when I look at my own buying habits -- probably 80%
of my CD purchases are online, 10% at used dealers and 10% in retail
stores (mostly Borders, which tends to do a good job stocking the
Naxoi) -- I not in a very good position to complain about the
marketing decisions by brick and mortar companies to shrink or
eliminate classical sections.