Best Buy drops CDs, keeps vinyl records

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Monday, July 2, 2018
Best Buy to stop selling CDs by summer
Soon being able to get a CD at Best Buy will be a thing of the past.

Did you ever think you'd see a day where you could buy vinyl records but not CDs?



According to Billboard, that's what you'll find at Best Buy after Sunday. The retailer reportedly plans to pull all CDs out of its stores by then.



The once commonplace digital music format is getting hammered in the U.S.



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CD sales were down 18.5 percent last year and some experts pin Best Buy CD receipts to just $40 million annually. But there's an interesting twist. The store is committed to carrying records for the next two years.



The vinyl format has been enjoying a resurgence lately.

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