The Eagles released their first CD of new material since the Carter Administration yesterday. What's unique about their release is that you can only get the CD at Wal-Mart or Sam's Club. As many of you know the Eagles are well known for taking shots against corporations and purport to be for the little guy.
Our company has tried to make it a core value to support local businesses. This is not because we feel that chain stores are evil, rather we feel that supporting the local vendor has a greater ecomonic benefit for the area. So when possible, we buy books from Harry Schwartz instead of Borders. We use Brew City Tea in our office instead of a national brand. We grab lunch at the Coquette Cafe instead of the Olive Garden.
When Local Music stores eventually die it will be for a variety of reasons, but a huge contributor to their death will be the artists (who say they are for the little guy) signing distribution deals like this.
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