Death by streaming or vinyl revival? Exploring the spatial dynamics and value-creating strategies of independent record shops in Stockholm

Hracs, Brian and Jansson, Johan (2020) Death by streaming or vinyl revival? Exploring the spatial dynamics and value-creating strategies of independent record shops in Stockholm. Journal of Consumer Culture, 20 (4), 478-497. (doi:10.1177/1469540517745703).

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The contemporary retail landscape is in flux, and there is a growing perception that shopping at bricks and mortar stores is more expensive and time-consuming than shopping online. For music, illegal downloading and streaming have restructured the retail landscape and put thousands of record shops out of business. Yet, some retailers remain attractive consumption spaces. Drawing on a qualitative case study of independent record shops in Stockholm, this article considers three value-creating strategies that sustain these physical retailers in the digital age: cultivating in-store consumer experiences, creating value through curation, and tapping into global markets by going online.

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Accepted/In Press date: 30 August 2017

e-pub ahead of print date: 6 December 2017

Published date: 1 November 2020

Additional Information: Funding Information: We thank the reviewers and journal editor a well as Taylor Brydges, Carol Ekinsmyth, and Jack Webster for helpful comments. An earlier version of the paper was presented at the 4th European Colloquium on Culture, Creativity, and Economy in Florence, and we are grateful to the participants and especially our discussants Ignasi Capdevila, Francesco Capone, Mariangela Lavanga, and Rhiannon Pugh for constructive feedback. We also owe a debt of gratitude to the participants who donated their time and ideas to the research. This article is an outcome of the research project ?Intermediation, place and value creation: Exploring the processes and spaces of curation? which is funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond in Sweden (Project ID: P14-0547: 1), and we want to thank our fellow investigators Dominic Power (Stockholm University), Jenny Sj?holm (Link?ping University), and Anders Waxell (Uppsala University). Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2017.

Keywords: Music, Stockholm, consumption, curation, record shops, retail, value creation