Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Billboard PostPlay - Are CD-Burning Kiosks Profitable?

Billboard PostPlay - Are CD-Burning Kiosks Profitable?:
"Yahoo: Here's an interesting article about the total quagmire that the kiosk industry is experiencing, trying to help boost revenues for the flailing music industry. You'd think that with successful rollouts (i.e. Starbucks and Wal-mart), the labels might see a light at the end of the tunnel as far as providing customers with access to a broad selection of music for in-store burning that will deliver immediate gratification while requiring no extra stocking or inventory for the retailers...But evidently, retailers say that in-store CD manufacturing still has one big problem - it's an unprofitable business model..."