Sony Closing 18M CD/Month Plant

coondoggie writes "Sony this week said it was shuttering one of its largest CD manufacturing plants — citing the impact of digital downloads and other economic issues. The plant, which has been in operation for some 50 years, first producing vinyl records, will close on March 31 and about 300 people will lose their jobs. The 500,000-square-foot warehouse began producing vinyl LPs in 1960 and moved to CD manufacturing in 1988. At its capacity, the plant was making 18 million CDs per month, according to its website."

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Re:Availability has decreased drastically

[vlm]

That makes me wonder about a lot of things. I always see furniture at Wal Mart, but I've never seen anyone purchase it. Does that sell nearly as well - or is there just enough markup to make the profits reasonable when it does?

It is true that the primary concern in retail is profit per inch of shelf space. Some things are loss leaders. What kind of walmart would not have a particle board bookshelf for sale?

The original posters cd problem is probably more related to walmarts vaguely bible-belt sensitivity toward anything not utterly bland and boring. Unless the CD he was looking for was baptist gospel, that is almost certainly the problem.