<![CDATA[Today Is The Day Music Retailers Complain About Poor Sales - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Today Is The Day Music Retailers Complain About Poor Sales - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:58:45 EST Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:58:45 EST http://idolator.com/343238/today-is-the-day-music-retailers-complain-about-poor-sales <![CDATA[Today Is The Day Music Retailers Complain About Poor Sales]]> http://idolator.com/343238/today-is-the-day-music-retailers-complain-about-poor-sales#c3649252 @DanGibson: FYE, Life As We Know It -- what's the difference, really?

Chris Molanphy

]]> 33:343238:c3649252 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:58:45 EST <![CDATA[Today Is The Day Music Retailers Complain About Poor Sales]]> http://idolator.com/343238/today-is-the-day-music-retailers-complain-about-poor-sales#c3645570 ....a comparable store sales decrease of 12% for the nine-week period ended January 5, 2008...Total sales for the nine-week period were $378 million compared to $469 million for the same period last year, a decrease of 19%.

Does that mean that they sell online too and had a big(ger) drop in sales there? Or something else, like the twelve-percent decrease was per store and the nineteen percent drop is because a bunch of stores closed?

bcapirigi

]]> 33:343238:c3645570 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:56:44 EST <![CDATA[Today Is The Day Music Retailers Complain About Poor Sales]]> http://idolator.com/343238/today-is-the-day-music-retailers-complain-about-poor-sales#c3645413 @dennisobell: I've been feeling that way also, lately.

Oh, you were talking about FYE still?

Dan Gibson

]]> 33:343238:c3645413 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:52:05 EST <![CDATA[Today Is The Day Music Retailers Complain About Poor Sales]]> http://idolator.com/343238/today-is-the-day-music-retailers-complain-about-poor-sales#c3644054 The end is nigh.

Chris Molanphy

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