Mid-price and low-price take oh new priorities: as the majors reduce prices on their frontline releases, mid and low-price CDs are now becoming one of the cornerstones of their label strategy, making life hard for the independents and driving some to look for their market outside of mainstream retail. (Catalogue: mid- & low-price)

If you had suggested a decade ago that the mid- and low-price sector would one day emerge as the spiritual godfather of major label strategy, few would have believed you. [...]