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- Authorized dealers of manufacturers, wholesaler-related stores, and mail order companies and companies for business uses are sharing the distribution channels of music CDs and records by 45%, 50%, and 5% respectively(Recording Industry in Japan 1999, Recording Industry Association of Japan 1999).
- Our data are the sales data of music CDs sold at one of national chains of convenience stores obtained through Iihara Management Institute, related to one of the major wholesalers, Seikodo(http://www.seikodo.co.jp/index.html).