UK: Woolworths says no CD singles, just downloads
By Ben Robinson on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 at 4:00 AM PST In UK Retail
UK: Woolworths announced yesterday a dual-change to it’s current retailing of music and video – firstly, that from August, it would no longer sell CD singles in it’s stores – and secondly that it was launching a digital download site for Mobiles.
The new Woolworths site will offer ringtones, wallpapers, and Java games for mobiles, and music/games/film/TV for PCs. The site is apparently designed to appeal to those not overly-familiar with downloading – perhaps an attempt to take those that were shopping in-store to an online experience…
Apparently Mobile content will be priced from £1.50, and then the top ten music tracks will be 59p for the first week, with other tracks from 77p. It is understood CDs will continue to be sold in the album format.
If you want to check out the new site, you can go here.
[Via: Mobile Today]
