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Try before you buy: analogue makes way for digital sets: digital systems allow retailers to offer consumers more choice on in-store listening posts. And now, with new, more affordable solutions available for UK retailers, the digital option is becoming more tempting than ever. (Retail Services).
Some 20 years ago, the retail notion of "try before you buy" meant taking vinyl from the racks and having an assistant remove the shrinkwrap and put it on a turntable for the waiting customer (and the rest of the store). With the advent of CD, and the subsequent installation of listening posts, such customer service has become increasingly redundant. Most analogue posts have a limited number of titles for the shopper to sample. But, in the age of MP3 and digital downloads, there are signs that such facilities are about to undergo another change?
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