Indie retailer Gary Smith has applauded Sony Music on being the “the most progressive major out there at the moment”.

Speaking on the Entertainment Retailers Association’s (ERA) blog, Smith - owner of Rapture in Evesham and Witney and Truck Store in Oxford – says that “suddenly Sony have been positively generous with point-of-sale.”

Smith explains: “Over the past months it's been apparent that Sony has made a clear decision to make it easier for indies to support their key ...