Comments on: The Death of Physical http://www.themeat.org/2009/03/09/the-death-of-physical an umbrella in the desert Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:23:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard Esguerra http://www.themeat.org/2009/03/09/the-death-of-physical/comment-page-1#comment-38547 Richard Esguerra Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:32:32 +0000 http://www.themeat.org/2009/03/09/the-death-of-physical#comment-38547 I had the same "no wonder they're closing" feeling at the Virgin Megastore liquidation in San Francisco, but apparently early liquidation prices are strategically set to be *closer* to MSRP than non-liquidation prices, according to the latest This American Life: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=377 So, price might be playing into brick-and-mortar death (especially for media) but perhaps the liquidation experience shouldn't be too prominent a factor. I had the same "no wonder they're closing" feeling at the Virgin Megastore liquidation in San Francisco, but apparently early liquidation prices are strategically set to be *closer* to MSRP than non-liquidation prices, according to the latest This American Life:
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=377

So, price might be playing into brick-and-mortar death (especially for media) but perhaps the liquidation experience shouldn't be too prominent a factor.

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