usiness opportunity for ailing record shops.

I know allot of record shops are struggling to compete with a fall in sales, with the Competition of the internet, ebay and bands that sell their own product direct.

So how about starting up a traveling ‘Record Fair.’ Charge people an entrance fee to come in and look at the stock. Stock that previously would have been been free to browse, but that would be costing rent to store in a shop. Then price the stock a good £3/4 over what things would cost in a normal independent, which means if you should sell something, you make a damn good profit, and if not, you’ve still made a few quid from all the browsers, who’d normally have walked in, and out, for free. Win win.

On a separate note, I went to a record fair in Tamworth today. Some fantastic stock there from the single stallholder, but I didn’t think £15 a CD was really a ‘record fair’ type price. The stock was v good though. Next one is in July apparently…