French record companies more than any are keen to get going with all this 360 degree nonsense, because CD sales there are really suffering. New figures released by research firm Gfk and music business research body Observatoire de la Musique have shown that retail revenues for CD sales were down 17.1% year on year in 2007, while the number of units shifted fell even further, by 18.3%. That said, these figures do not include digital sales, which may compensate for some of those physical declines - as they have elsewhere - though the overall figures, due to be published by French labels body SNEP next week, are also expected to be down.
Jan 21, 2008
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French CD sales down a lot
French CD retail revenues fell 17.1% and units 18.3% in 2007, according to Gfk and Observatoire de la Musique, though digital sales are excluded.