[Harry Lavo]

"Dick Pierce" wrote in message
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Harry Lavo wrote:
"Dick Pierce" wrote in message
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Further, there's no breakdown on how many of those sales constitute
new vs resale/preowned product (in either case, to be fair).

But the noise in the CD data is larger by a lot than the total LP
sales.

Dick, I'm not sure you know who Rachel is. She is the owner of J&R, and
works actively at the store....she gets this knowledge by seeing and
talking
with the customers and with her department heads, who know their
customers
well. J&R is a very well-run retailer. They know their customers.

So one of the things you might be pointing out is that this Rachel
is deeply involved in the business and could potentially be either
influenced by her own self interests or even engaged in a bit
of business development. You wouldn't deny that that possibility
exists, I suppose.

But regardless of where she gets her knowledge and what her
motivations may or may not be, some her conclusions are not
supported by the the data she provides, simply because the
data isn't provided. In the section you quoted, there's not
a shred of data to suggest the age breakdown that's claimed.
She claims that "these kids that are really ramping up their
vinyl collections," and provides no age-based breakdown of
sales.

The data may indeed support her assertions. but she fails to
provide that data.

Okay, that I can buy....neither did the Times reporter. Nonetheless, this
was a Times-reported story, subjected to the usual controls newspapers put
on their stories....which is somewhat this side of none, I suspect.

As to the charge of bias...it is always a possibility....but since J&R is
seeing their CD sales slide I would think her bias would be towards
supporting CD sales, not vinyl. I really don't think there is a bias at
all....I think a NYT reporter was sent to do a story on a vinyl resurgence
that every music-loving reporter (or musician) in their 20's or 30's is
aware of, and he/she simply chose J&R as the prime source because it is the
largest music retailer in NYC.