Topic: Downloads kill off CD singles

[Clive]

Woolworths has stopped selling CD singles in half of its 820 stores, blaming the popularity of music downloads for killing off the CD single.

It has said that it will now only stock CD singles for one-off event releases, such as for winners of talent shows such as X-Factor, as these would still sell in vast numbers.

Jim Batchelor, Woolworths commercial director, said: "Digital downloading is now the true customer choice for listening and purchasing single music tracks.

"CDs are alive and well for album sales, but unfortunately the physical singles market is in terminal decline," Batchelor continued.

However, Woolworths has revamped the Woolworths Download website which offers music, games, videos and content for mobile phones.

It has put itself directly in competition with Tescos, which recently launched an online music store where you can download music in MP3 format as well as games and movies.

The two high-street retailers also sell 'white label' software including word-processing and image-editing packages in their stores.


www.woolworthsdownload.co.uk

[sam]

which explains why all the oldies are back in the charts. I can't remember the last time I bought a single.

[gmax]

I cant remember the last time i bought music, movies or software, i love torrents

[GillE]

I can't remember the last time I bought anything at Woolworths.

[gmax]

I refuse to shop at Woolworths or Coles, they own 80% of the market. They deliberately destroy the competition so that they can rip their customers off, increasing their margins and profits at the expense of the poorest members of society.

[Camstop]

I just can't remember!

 

[mistybear]

I refuse to shop at Woolworths or Coles, they own 80% of the market. They deliberately destroy the competition so that they can rip their customers off, increasing their margins and profits at the expense of the poorest members of society.

I have to do some of my shopping at Coles, unfortunately. We have been waiting years for Aldi, but it has been held up for various reasons, latest reason, we might lose up to 9 on street parking spots. 

[gmax]

I shop at Foodland, at least they support local farmers unlike the Chinese fruit Woolworths sell. I dont think Aldi will ever come to a little backwater like Adelaide!

[sam]

Woolworths sell food over there? Its just tacky s**te here.

[mistybear]

There is Woolworths supermarkets, and Big W department stores, Sam.

http://www.woolworths.com.au/

http://www.bigw.com.au/

I shop at Foodland, at least they support local farmers unlike the Chinese fruit Woolworths sell. I dont think Aldi will ever come to a little backwater like Adelaide!

I'm surprised you don't have an Aldi, they are every where in NSW. I do all my fruit and veg shopping at the my green grocer.

[Clive]

Woolworth's is one of those stores I can't resist visiting but never come out with more than a bar of discounted cadbury's chocolate. 

[Rik]

We have an Aldi, MB, but then we have just about every store you could imagine.

[gmax]

We have an Aldi, MB, but then we have just about every store you could imagine.

Thats good,competition keeps the prices down, Woolworths undercut the local shops until they close, then jack up the prices.
Not just with grocery's , hotels & petrol stations also. Like a giant monster swallowing everything in its path.

[Clive]

That's exactly what Tesco does over here. 

[mistybear]

We have an Aldi, MB, but then we have just about every store you could imagine.

It's nice to have access to lots of stores occasionally, but the people and traffic that goes with them, makes me glad I don't live near them. (especially during school holidays)