Music retailers have tough enough margins as it is - and labels holding back all of their best releases until Q4 doesn't help.
That's according to the Entertainment Retailers' Association, which has called the first half of 2012 "one of the weakest release schedules retailers can remember in both music and video games".
Speaking to the BBC, ERA chief Kim Bayley said: "It is very difficult for retailers to sustain their year-round investment in staff and rent when sales are ...
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