Retailers sure know how to hold a grudge. A post at The Velvet Rope offers details on something Coolfer caught wind of a few days ago. Because of comments by Scissor Sisters about FYE pricing during a speech at this year's NARM convention, Trans World is refusing to carry the band's new album, Ta Dah! (out September 26th).

From an email by Newbury Comics' Mike Dreese:

"Hey everyone! The Scissor Sisters hit #1 in the U.K. singles charts a week or two ago. They apparently pissed off transworld with an accurate comment about FYE pricing on the stage at NARM. So it seems transworld/strawberries/fye/sam goody is boycotting their new release....

This reminds me of when Strawberries pulled Husker Du for a YEAR for doing a Newbury in-store 20 years ago."

Dreese went on to encourage his stores to give the album in-store play and give the album an extra push to take advantage of Trans World's void. Trans World operates over 800 stores in the FYE, Coconuts, Wherehouse, Strawberries, Spec's and Planet Music chains.

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