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Old School Records survives at the last minute But streaming services’ threat to music stores remains By LEAH SCHROEDER Contributing Reporter
For a brief time this fall, a sign reading “lost my lease” was posted outside of Old School Records, a Forest Park staple that has been in business for more than 21 years. Peter Gianakopoulos, the owner, put up the sign when he fell behind on his rent for the months of August and September after a “very tough year” for the store. The store managed to survive, and the sign has since been removed from the facade of Old School Records. But that, Gianakopoulos said, doesn’t change the challenges that record stores are facing locally and indeed across the world. He said that music streaming services is the main culprit. During his more than two decades as a business owner, Gianakopoulos has noticed many ups and downs in the business of selling records. Most recently he says, music streaming has posed a direct competition for many stores that sell vinyl records, CDs and cassette tapes.
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