Don't expect to spot Carly Simon in a Starbucks anytime soon
Posted on October 14, 2009 | 342 Views
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Don't expect to spot Carly Simon in a Starbucks anytime soon, even if you go to New York or L.A.
She's suing the company, after their exclusive-distribution deal went sour. Simon says her 2008 album This Kind of Love, sold in Starbucks stores, wasn't promoted enough, which is why it tanked and had to be discounted. By skimping on ads, her lawsuit says, "Starbucks stigmatized Ms. Simon's album as an album that could not be sold at full price," which makes her look bad.
The company responds, with an almost-audible sniff of derision, that even after they stepped up promotion in Boston and New York, "sales continued to lag as the title received tepid response from music consumers
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