Liggy used our news submit to tell us "This is the proof that P2P is not responsible for a sales decrease." It sure looks that way when you read these articles from Ars Technica and The Kensei News. The idea is that the decreases we are reading about are due to a lowering of inventory and an "on demand" model for retailers. Resulting in less shipments. It all has to do with an article posted on the Kensei News website about barcoding and the ability to track shipments that led to the discovery of the possible deceit. The irritating figures show that music sales are up in the United States! Due to some digging by Moses Avelon of the Kesei News, we read that we have possibly been hoodwinked. Like we didn't know already. There are some disturbing sales figures to be read, quotes from Soundscan and Cary Sherman that may be upsetting to some in the story from Avelon. Apparently, he isn't done digging up the dirt yet, so we will have to keep an eye on this ongoing investigation.
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In other words, the supposedly woeful state of CD sales isn't all that woeful after all. Retail outlets have been working hard to keep up with online competition, and part of that has meant following the rule of Dell: don't have inventory if you can avoid it. |
That is only half the deception. Due to the fact that sales are up and shipments are down, the music industry is more profitable than ever. Take a break, read these articles, then please come back and vent.
Source: Ars Technica
