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Are there full-quality digital/downloadable options that I'm not aware of?
Are they just going to convert into another cellphone shop? Last time I was there they literally hid all the good games and dvds to reduce shrinkage but it also made it appear like they were out of stock on everything. There wasn’t even a slip or something to know to ask the front desk for inventory.
I think they're planning to convert their stores into more of a "showroom" type experience that supports their online shopping. They converted at least half the floor-space of our local Best Buy into a warehouse/online order pickup area. IIRC, the guy manning one of the cell-phone displays was actually a Samsung employee.
I understand that streaming is a great option but what about high quality? I buy Blu-rays of media where quality is a high point of the experience. Things like Pixar films, traditional animation, films with extraordinary visuals (e.g. LoTR). Are there full-quality digital/downloadable options that I'm not aware of?
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Shelf space is valuable. They probably ran some numbers and figured it was more profitable to stock USB cables or shampoos over DVDs.
It is valuable, but what are folks going there for, nowadays?
Although it looked like they were toast at one point, they're at least somewhat profitable and have something like $40B in annual revenue--although that's declined somewhat year over year.
I understand that streaming is a great option but what about high quality? I buy Blu-rays of media where quality is a high point of the experience. Things like Pixar films, traditional animation, films with extraordinary visuals (e.g. LoTR). Are there full-quality digital/downloadable options that I'm not aware of?
You will still be able to buy Blu-rays, just not from Best Buy
I understand that streaming is a great option but what about high quality? I buy Blu-rays of media where quality is a high point of the experience. Things like Pixar films, traditional animation, films with extraordinary visuals (e.g. LoTR). Are there full-quality digital/downloadable options that I'm not aware of?
I'm a little surprised they wouldn't continue to sell the obvious bestsellers but doing so would probably be a rounding error for them and someone like Walmart in particular is certainly a lot better positioned to capitalize on DVD impulse purchases when people are in the store for something else.
Maybe not with just a single regular disc, since those require hardware owned by a shrinking group of people who might impulse buy a DVD. But I wonder if it would be worth it if they were "collector sets" or something, maybe with a digital download, and some extra stuff in a box. (Art books, posters, etc) I feel like you'll actually get a few people impulse buying a 100$ set, vs a 12$ DVD.
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Shelf space is valuable. They probably ran some numbers and figured it was more profitable to stock USB cables or shampoos over DVDs.
It is valuable, but what are folks going there for, nowadays?
Reminds me of how restaurant chains get bought out, and the menu's "optimized" for the best sellers only. Cutting ingredients that are used in the niches. Narrowing in on the stuff that sells the most only. Until all that is left is the same thing you can find in any of their competitors. No differentiation left. Followed by a slow death spiral towards closure as the race to the bottom leaves only one store of type X…