Nordstrom & Sears Attempt To Pick Up CD Sales Slack From Tower
With the demise of Tower Records and Musicland, and hundreds of specialty music stores going bye-bye this year, Nordstrom and Sears are attempting to pick up some of the slack by carrying CDs. Nordstrom has been testing music in 29 stores in Seattle and will roll out the category to all 157 stores in the chain by mid-December, says Michael Barber, who heads up Barber Entertainment and assists Nordstrom in the selection. In Chicago,...
Al Qaeda Terrorists Attack Palestinian Music Stores
A terrorist cell aligned with Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for attacking Palestinian Authority music stores that sell music and Internet connectivity. The Swords of Islam group said it was behind the rocket-propelled grenade bombing of several stores “because they occupy the minds of an entire generation of youth, who instead of spending their time in holy war and worship, serve the interests of the Jews and the Christian...






