Music World Kolkata is shutting down
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Many might think that online sales of CDs and DVDs has affected shops like Music world but in India online sales just forms a small fraction of the total sales. Piracy is the reason of decline of sales at stores and online sales of
Today it has come to a point where people are saying that running a standalone store for CDs and DVDs makes no business sense, most existing large stores that sell audio CDs have reduced their store area dedicated to this section.
I think the first Music world was started around 1997 in Chennai and it was India's biggest music shop, the shop did really well and they got into expansion mode into other cities. They also had a annual music sale which was India's biggest music sale with around 40,000 titles on sale with good discounts but they stopped this sale when sales fell. When audio CD sales fell at their store they dedicated more space to movies as they thought movies would do better, they then reduced the size of the shop but nothing worked and they finally shut down.
You are right, a pure physcial media retailers like Rhythm house is backed up by their physical store and their passion for the business like some one pointed out is the reason for their survival.
I hope they start selling audio CDs, right now they seem to be having only movies and there is no mention about music. But I am not very impressed by the limited listing information for the movies on sale and this is a problem with almost all online retailers. For physcial media like CD/DVD or Blu-ray the back side of the package has a lot of information like track listing,
sound formats, language options, extra material, manufacture's info and other details but hardly any online retailer provides this information in their listing. A simple scan or photo of the back side of the package will be enough and right now we still have to depend on local stores if we want any information listed on the package.
I think the first Music world was started around 1997 in Chennai and it was India's biggest music shop, the shop did really well and they got into expansion mode into other cities. They also had a annual music sale which was India's biggest music sale with around 40,000 titles on sale with good discounts but they stopped this sale when sales fell. When audio CD sales fell at their store they dedicated more space to movies as they thought movies would do better, they then reduced the size of the shop but nothing worked and they finally shut down.
You are right, a pure physcial media retailers like Rhythm house is backed up by their physical store and their passion for the business like some one pointed out is the reason for their survival.
I hope they start selling audio CDs, right now they seem to be having only movies and there is no mention about music. But I am not very impressed by the limited listing information for the movies on sale and this is a problem with almost all online retailers. For physcial media like CD/DVD or Blu-ray the back side of the package has a lot of information like track listing,
sound formats, language options, extra material, manufacture's info and other details but hardly any online retailer provides this information in their listing. A simple scan or photo of the back side of the package will be enough and right now we still have to depend on local stores if we want any information listed on the package.
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Also I am sure they owe the place , or running on very old rentals.So one head of cost is reduced .
In last 8-10 years sales was reduced , in facts malls are not operational at full capacity but no substantial reduction in rent
This is very sad news indeed.
Saw Music World in Park Street, Kolkata with it's shutters down for the first time today, and am wondering from where people can procure western Jazz/Classical/Pop CDs at a physical store in Kolkata now? I know about Starmark (Lord Sinha Road) and South City Mall, but haven't been there in a number of years. What's their collection like now? Also, are there any other shops in Kolkata worth visiting?
Saw Music World in Park Street, Kolkata with it's shutters down for the first time today, and am wondering from where people can procure western Jazz/Classical/Pop CDs at a physical store in Kolkata now? I know about Starmark (Lord Sinha Road) and South City Mall, but haven't been there in a number of years. What's their collection like now? Also, are there any other shops in Kolkata worth visiting?
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I understand and completely agree with you. 
I remember my first interaction at Music World - I spent almost 2 hours,with two young sales ( female)
With music shops with big places shutting down - there will be no interaction will buy music online with out any human touch.
pratimbayal
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I was there on 29th June for the last time . Purchased some Cds .
Heared that M3 is opening a small audio shop around that place.
Rhythm at city centre I , salt lake , also have good collection of Audio CDs.
Regards
Heared that M3 is opening a small audio shop around that place.
Rhythm at city centre I , salt lake , also have good collection of Audio CDs.
Regards
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