Indie retailer announces March 31 closing

Feb 6th, 2006 | By Melissa Robbins | Category: News

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A Houston Chronicle article on Saturday, February 4, 2006, announced that Cactus Music & Video, a large Indie music retailer run by brothers Bud and Don Daily for the last 31 years, will close for good on March 31. With a decrease of 21 percent in CD sales nationwide in 2005, and the rising popularity of digital music sales, it seems that businesses like Cactus Music & Video no longer attract very many potential investors. To learn more about the store and the music they offer, you can check out their website here .

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One Response to “Indie retailer announces March 31 closing”

  1. Chris Knudson Says:
    February 7th, 2006 at 4:47 pm

    A real shame. This was one of my hometown faves…

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