Best Buy Reducing CD/DVD Shelf Space to Make Room for Sony Move, Xbox 360 Kinect, Kindle, and iPad
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The good news first: the Sony Move, Xbox 360 Kinect, Amazon Kindle, and Apple iPad are all about to get more prominent placement in your local Best Buy, ahead of the holiday season.
And the bad news? Well, that space has got to come from somewhere. The big box retailer will be scaling back its CD and DVD shelf space in order to make room for the season’s latest entertainment gadgets.
Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn addressed the issue on a recent conference call, telling industry analysts,
We’ll have another store reset before the holidays, which will include an increase in the space for higher-growth and, in the aggregate, higher-margin categories, like Best Buy Mobile, e-readers and gaming, with a heavy emphasis on new gaming platforms and pre-owned game titles. This will be enabled by our reorganization of the DVD and CD sections. The CD section in particular will shrink in space allotment.
It’s the latest blow for industries that have already seen a major decline in retail shelf space, thanks in no small part to the rapid shuttering of music and video specialty stores.
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