CityDisc
| Industry | Audiovisual media sales |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Switzerland |
| Parent |
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| Website | citydisc |
CityDisc is a music, video, video game and book franchise with 33 locations throughout Switzerland. The first locales primarily featured music; as a result, CityDisc is mostly known for its large selection of music, including rarer items such as oldies collections, local folk compilations and video game soundtracks.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
The video section is mostly in DVD format and includes adult titles. Blank audio cassettes, CDs, VHS cassettes and DVDs are available for purchase.
The video game section features PC, console and portable titles, in PAL format. The latest consoles are also available for purchase.
Books are for the most part sold in the Swiss German locations, although occasional bestsellers, posters and calendars are available everywhere.
History
[edit]It was previously owned by Carrefour, who sold it in 2000 to the online distributor brand Directmedia for an undisclosed price.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Les deux n'en feront qu'un" [The two will become one]. L'Impartial (in Swiss French). La Chaux-de-Fonds. 17 June 2005. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
- ^ "Les activités de CityDisc disparaissent" [CityDisc activities disappear]. La Côte (in Swiss French). 9 March 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via Scriptorium.
- ^ "Aperto statt Citydisc" [Aperto in place of Citydisc]. Freiburger Nachrichten (in Swiss High German). 23 July 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
- ^ "Etranglés, les disquaires cherchent à se faire une place sur internet" [Strangled, record stores seek a place for themselves on the internet]. La Liberté (in Swiss French). Fribourg. 8 August 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
- ^ "Deux disquares s'affrontent sur le marché laussannois" [Two record stores battle it out in the Laussanne market]. Le Nouveau Quotidien (in Swiss French). 9 August 1994. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via Le Temps Archives.
- ^ P., Pa. (21 February 1991). "Le cas Citydisc" [The Citydisc story]. Journal de Genève (in Swiss French). No. 43. p. 19. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via Le Temps Archives.
- ^ "City Disc connaît la musique" [City Disc knows music]. Le Nouvelliste (in Swiss French). Sion. 24 May 1996. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
- ^ "City-Disc fährt bald im Bieler Bahnhof ein" [City-Disc soon to arrive at Biel station]. Bieler Tagblatt (in Swiss High German). 18 February 1995. p. 1. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
- ^ "CD-Läden zwischen Hoffen und Bangen" [CD stores caught between hope and fear]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). 4 March 2006. ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ Genier, Yves (5 October 2000). "Carrefour entre en force dans les hypermarchés Jumbo" [Carrefour enters Jumbo hypermarkets in force]. La Liberté (in Swiss French). No. 4. Fribourg. p. 7. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
External links
[edit]- Official website
(in German, Italian, and French)
