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Sainsbury’s to ditch online CD sales
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 21 November 2013
Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s will cease to sell CDs on its website next year, phasing them out entirely by mid-March. The company will continue to sell music downloads and is also developing an on-demand service, which is likely a direct reaction to Tesco’s recentish move into streaming media with the purchase of Blinkbox and We7. Whether this will also lead to the launch of a low-cost tablet device remains to be seen.
A spokesperson for Sainsbury’s told Music Week: “We see that the online opportunity lies in digital products, with physical music, books, games and films sold in our stores. This move is in line with wider industry trends towards on-demand entertainment, and part of our focus on the fast-growing download and streaming market”.
They added: “At the moment we offer music for downloading but we will continue to develop our on-demand entertainment offer”.
The Sainsbury’s website will stop taking new orders for CDs at the end of February 2014, but will honour pre-orders on releases up to 15 Mar.
