FYE Pulls Rolling Stones From Shelves in Protest


Supposedly, all 1,000 FYE stores removed all music by the Rolling Stones from their shelves in late October as a sign of protest over the Stones signing an exclusive deal to distribute the Forty Licks DVD boxed set at Best Buy...

"This wasn't a decision we took lightly," says Fred Fox, executive vice president of merchandise and marketing for Trans World, which has stopped selling Rolling Stones albums at its 1,000 FYE stores. "This company has supported Stones titles that don't even earn their shelf space, and yet we're not given an opportunity to sell a hot item like this DVD box set during the busiest time of year."

Funny, but I was in FYE last night (note: not late October), and they had at least twenty-five different Rolling Stones albums on their shelves... It seems the folks at Trans World don't know what they're talking about... or they just don't keep good tabs on all their stores...

Listening to: Steve Vai - "Mystery Tracks - Archives, Vol. 3" (2003)