Hold the phone! Beyonce and music fans alike got a sweet surprise when the singer released an impromptu album over the weekend which included 17 music videos. This was an amazing feat because, unless you spend hours analyzing Mrs. Carter, you never would have known. Yet one retailer is refusing to sell her album: TARGET! This is where I do so much of mu holiday shopping and to know that I cannot do it one stop makes me sad. Here is the reasoning: "At Target we focus on offering our guests a wide assortment of physical CDs, and when a new album is available digitally before it is available physically, it impacts demand and sales projections," according to spokeswoman Erica Julkowski. So, in essence had the CD not seen an online release first, the mega chain would have sold it but because she didn't, they won't. Ummmm....
Hold the phone! Beyonce and music fans alike got a sweet surprise when the singer released an impromptu album over the weekend which included 17 music videos. This was an amazing feat because, unless you spend hours analyzing Mrs. Carter, you never would have known. Yet one retailer is refusing to sell her album: TARGET! This is where I do so much of mu holiday shopping and to know that I cannot do it one stop makes me sad. Here is the reasoning: "At Target we focus on offering our guests a wide assortment of physical CDs, and when a new album is available digitally before it is available physically, it impacts demand and sales projections," according to spokeswoman Erica Julkowski. So, in essence had the CD not seen an online release first, the mega chain would have sold it but because she didn't, they won't. Ummmm....
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