Wal-Mart Plays Hardball on CD Prices

Courtesy Techdirt  Wed, 03/26/2008 - 17:45

Good news for consumers: Rolling Stone is reporting that Wal-Mart is using its considerable negotiating power to demand lower CD prices from the recording industry.

Wal-Mart and other retail stores have been using CDs as a loss leader to get customers in the door sell higher-priced merchandise.

Now the retail giant has issued an ultimatum: give us CDs for less than ten bucks or Wal-Mart we'll sell DVDs and video games on those shelves instead.

It seems unlikely the...

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