Virgin Megastore

Retail Reinvented, Again

John Backus | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Tower Records, Small Business, Startup, Big Box Stores, Retail Entrepreneurship, Cds, Virgin Megastore, Retail, Entrepreneurs, Best Buy, Entrepreneur, Dvds, Amazon, Retail 2.0., Small Business America, Small Business News
John Backus

We are in the middle of another battle between brick and mortar and e-commerce. Best Buy is dying. But it is not alone. Welcome to the new world of retailing, the death of retail 2.0. So who will pick up the pieces?

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The Generation That Killed Rock 'n Roll

Nathan Harden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Neil Portnow, Ipod, Myspace, Universal, Music Business, Beyoncé, Grammy, Music and the Internet, Illegal Downloads, Bono, Grammys, Virgin Megastore, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Bob Dylan, AC/DC, Downloading, The Beatles, Warner, Sony, Tower Records, Andy Karp, Album Sales, Emi, Mitch Bainwol, Illegal-Downloading, Grammy Awards, Bruce Springsteen, Media News
Nathan Harden

People should pay for music to support all the unknown artists out there who are trying to make it. What if internet piracy had existed in the 1960s? No Dylan? No Beatles? Would Bono be working as a longshoreman?

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The Internet Kills Another of My Favorite Spots

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Virgin Records, Virgin Megastore, Itunes, Business News
Andy Ostroy

The Virgin Megastore in NYC's Union Square is closing. Another record shop bites the dust.

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