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In article <1993Jan4.032505.9226@netcom.com> strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
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>HMV stands for His Master's Voice, and was one of the major record
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>My guess is that the Wherehouse and Music Plus would be among
>the first to go, and that Tower will survive.

It seems to me that The Wherehouse and Music Plus aren't much in the
music business these days, anyway.  I say you'd be hard pressed to find
much music in between all the videos.

I used to be impressed with Tower, until HMV and Virgin Megastore came
to Tokyo (my home half the year).  I was in Tower's Westwood store
recently and was quite disappointed.  Sherman Oaks is better (haven't
been to West Hollywood in a long time).

I wonder how much of my feeling is selection and how much is
atmosphere.

I also wonder how Tower's stores in Japan are going to survive this
onslaught.  Until HMV and VM came along, music stores in Tokyo were all
tiny shops except for Tower, which specialized in low-priced imports.
But HMV and VM sell the same imports for about the same price, plus
they sell all the popular domestic product.  They are also much better
appointed, which counts a lot over there.
-- 
Jim Gottlieb
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