CDs still rule

Fascinating facts revealed in a Record Store Day survey conducted by ICM Research

•15% of those who buy CDs, cassettes and vinyl records never listen to them but buy ‘purely to own’

•22% of music buyers who shopped online last month bought from Amazon, compared to 11% who purchased from iTunes and 10% on eBay

•CDs are still more popular than downloads, with 57% buying the physical discs over the past month compared to 39% buying digital

• Vinyl continues to grow. 10% of those surveyed bought a vinyl record in the past month

•The humble cassette is making a comeback - 5% bought a cassette tape in the past month, up from 2% the same time last year

•Supermarkets account for 12% of all physical sales

•70% of those who buy online say they do so primarily because of convenience

•41% of buyers spend more online than instore per single visit