Vinyl Outsells CDs in the United States
NPR has just reported that vinyl records have outsold CDs for the first time since 1987 ; 41 million units sold in 2022 compared to 33 million CDs, regardless of the vinyl shortage that occurred that year.
Click here to read the article.
Comparison Shopping Time
Newegg Canada, Best Buy Canada, Indigo Books
and Staples Canada have decided to have sales events of their own in response to Amazon’s two-day Prime Day event so you will have ample opportunity to do some comparison shopping starting at Midnight EST.
You won’t find much music and film-related items at Staples Canada, other than headphones and some other music accessories. But Newegg Canada and Best Buy Canada do offer home audio and home theatre components and accessories. And if you’re looking for Apple products you may want to check The Source out.
Indigo Books will also be discounting their book and tech items for their Plum members by up to 40% until Midnight on Wednesday, so you may want to check them out as well.
By the way, if you’re looking for speakers here’s an offer you may be interested in: Get 6 months of Disney+ with your Sonos.com purchase through Oct 31st
Happy shopping.
Boxing Day Sales
The Boxing Day sales and Boxing Week sales have already begun online at Amazon.ca, Bestbuy Canada, chapters.indigo.ca , Newegg.ca and Umusic where you will find discounted audio and video products, including speakers, headphones and vinyl.
Pre-Black Friday Specials
Pre-Black Friday discounts are up an running at Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com, chapters.indigo.ca , GuitarCenter.com
and Roxio.com
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Vinyl can also be purchased up to 50% off from Amazon.ca and Amazon.com.
Music Book Offers & More
Indigo’s 5X Plum Point Offer may be expiring on the 12th of July, 2018. But their Free Shipping Offer On Books continues, all summer with no minimums. This would be a great opportunity to purchase music biographies, sheet music collection, music theory and other instructional books.
Prime Day will also happen on the 16th and 17th on Amazon.ca, so keep an eye out for deals on books, music, musical instruments and turntables. To get a free trail membership, click on the banner below.
Please note that a Buy 2 Get One Free offer on paperbacks is also available from American retailer Barnes & Noble. This offer will end on July 31st, 2018.
Global Music Report Released
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry released their global music report last Thursday and sales have gone up by 8.1% because of streaming, which had become more popular;Streaming revenues grew by 41% worldwide.
Click here for a link to the official IFPI blog entry on the “State Of The Industry” report.