Confinement. Aya Nakamura, Daho, Zazie, Birkin… for the reopening of stores and departments

More than ever, cultural goods are essential goods! The National Union of Phonographic Publishing does not intend to let it go, nor to abdicate in the face of the closure of departments and small cultural stores. “How did cultural stores end up in the non-essential business category? asks the Snep. How can we explain to our fellow citizens that the only closed section of their usual supermarket is the culture section? “

It does not seem more dangerous to go to your record store or bookstore than to a butcher’s shop., can we still read.

More than 2,600 signatures this Tuesday afternoon

Benjamin Biolay, Jane Birkin, Louane, Clara Luciani, Eddy Mitchell, Pomme, Eddy de Pretto, Soprano, Alain Souchon, Woodkid or even Zazie, are among the signatories of this petition available on the site change.org and on the Snep networks. The petition has collected more than 2,600 signatures, known or anonymous, this Tuesday, November 3 at 3 pm.

It is not a question of defending categorical interests to the detriment of public health requirements, but on the contrary of ensuring their consistency and efficiency., writes again on his social networks Bertrand Burgalat, musician, founder of the independent label Tricatel and new president of Snep.

In its latest reports on the economy of recorded music for 2019, Snep highlighted the resilience of physical media (CDs, vinyls) which still generate 37% of sales in France thanks to more than 4,000 points of sale.

A decision that does not fall well at this end of the year period

Independent booksellers and record stores have had to give up welcoming the public – except drop by drop for “click and collect” (recovering goods on site remotely ordered) when possible – at the time of reconfinement. While the cultural shelves of supermarkets remained open.

In front of the grumbling of small businesses, the government decided on Sunday to close the shelves of non-essential products (such as cultural goods) in supermarkets. This last measure which was to apply from Tuesday was postponed from Wednesday.

However, the holiday season is traditionally favorable to the purchase of CDs or vinyls in France, whether in independent stores or large chains.

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