Tower Records Taiwan Closes
台灣淘兒唱片結束營業
Source: Who Killed Taiwan’s Tower Records? Perhaps It Never Took Root
From: New Taiwan Weekly
Date: 2003-11-27 · Author: Solitary Gunslinger
In November 2003, Tower Records’ two remaining stores in Taiwan began clearance sales at both locations in preparation to exit the Taiwanese market. Situated in the bustling Ximending and Dunhao Square districts, the stores had sold off a considerable portion of their stock within days. Shelves sat sparse and disordered; cashiers haggled with customers over minimum purchase thresholds for card payments; paper bags were rationed. Even the neon lights on the exterior walls couldn’t be bothered to light up. Inside and out, an air of desolation made it impossible to connect this scene with the flagship image the chain had once projected in Taiwan’s retail music landscape.
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External Links
- Tower Records — When Music Arrives in the City, It Should Arrive Like This (soundsgood)
- Tower Records: Transforming Taiwan’s Record Shop Ecology (Jeph Lo)
- Goodbye Tower Records (Chen Te-cheng)
- Tower Records (Wikipedia)