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...comparison shopping revealed that the Coop had the best prices, with the album or tape going for $22.95, and the compact disc selling for $38.95. Price runner-up Strawberries sold the album for $22.99 and the compact disc for $39.99. Newbury Street had the highest prices with $23 being asked for the album and $45 for the compact disc...
...high static over just one tape signals the intense level of competition that is coming soon to the video store near you -- or has already arrived. The number of outlets that rent or sell videocassettes has surged from as few as 10,000 in 1981 to more than 35,000 today. Everyone from car-wash operators to grocers to American Express has got into the act of dispensing tapes. The array of new outlets is bringing lower prices, wider selection and greater convenience for consumers, but it is also beginning to squeeze out many of the mom-and-pop operators...
...seemed to be an easy-to-operate business, and the amount of money needed to establish it wasn't that great," recalls Walter Rosselle of North Hollywood, Calif., who is planning to sell his shop after 2 1/2 years in business. Because of newly arrived competitors, his daily tape rentals have dropped from 130 to about 75. A survey of 1,200 video stores conducted in January by the trade publication Video Store showed that 28% of the merchants were dueling with another store on the same block. The competition has forced down prices from an average...
Katz, who negotiated the agreement with Bograd, said, "We tape two or three events like this in Washington every day, and I've never noticed any difference, although you can't know how it will affect people...
...SPAN will tape and broadcast the IOP events free of charge, Bograd said. The IOP also allows Boston Public Radio to broadcast IOP events live...