May retail sales dip as customers 'reluctant to spend'

[Neil McCauley]

"Retail sales dipped in May as a result of customers' unwillingness to spend, say retailers. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said May sales values, taking out the effects of closures and new stores, fell 2.1% compared with May 2010."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13677076

However, Ken Kessler states that in some inessential market sectors such as very upmarket watches and fountain pens, sales are booming via traditional retail outlets. A patchy outlook then.

http://www.pstracks.com/featured/the-state-of-audio-retailing-today/

[Macca]

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Interesting discussion

[goraman]

I added my 2 cents,I feel high end audio needs to become more price competitive and midfi needs to be built to a stranded based on specs not lowest possible cost. Car audio has done a better job of adapting than home audio.
A better article that needs to be written is the huge loss to the world of local radio,The loss of the local live DJ's,being able to request a song or dedicate one to some one, Wolfman Jack and KZAP,KROY,KROI ect...

It made music a personal thing.