Look & Listen shuts online store

I blame iTunes and the ease of downloading your favourite mp3 from the Internet. (Torrents etc...)
 
http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?op...=article&id=61662:Look-Listen-looks-to-stores

Retailer Look & Listen’s decision to pull the plug on its online sales portal was for business reasons, as not enough volumes were being moved.

The company will cease to sell CDs and MP3 downloads through its site from tomorrow, it told customers through a notice on the site last week. People who have money in virtual wallets have the option of either getting a refund, or converting the amount to a virtual store-based voucher.

Look & Listen CEO Darren Levy explains that the decision to stop selling CDs or MP3s through the site was a business one. He adds that the online unit prided itself on its range and delivery, but has decided to focus on physical outlets.

Levy says fewer people are shopping for CDs in the physical world, and the volumes sold online were insufficient to justify the portal. In addition, the music downloads market is a highly competitive space, both from legitimate and illegal players, he says.

Look & Listen has been online for almost a decade and launched its MP3 downloads around a year-and-a-half ago. “It’s a category that’s very challenging,” says Levy.
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I'm not sure what he's saying... sales of physical cds are down but they are going to focus on physical outlets ?
 
I thought the just shut the online store down, but trying to see if they have stock of a certain music I discovered that I can't find their website anymore. When did this happen?
 
tsume said:
I thought the just shut the online store down, but trying to see if they have stock of a certain music I discovered that I can't find their website anymore. When did this happen?
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They've pretty much ceased to exist, I think they're down to about 2 stores.
 
Still a store in Hillfox Centre, Strubens Valley, Roodepoort. Nice centre for all sorts of other things like bookstore, food lovers market, continental linen, etcetera. Their demise is really sad.

Not surprising when music is so easily pirated online, available through streaming like Simfy or iTunes. Pity.
 
Yup the only one I know of left is at Hillfox power center, the shops in Clearwater and Cresta are both gone, I used to really love the one in Cresta and bought a lot of stuff from there over the years. Used to be the best place to get some music you couldn't get anywhere else.
 
There's still a Look and Listen here in Boksburg.

Don't know for how long, though.
 
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