Cheapo is a music
retail franchise with locations in
Minnesota,
Colorado, and
Texas where customers can purchase new and used
compact discs,
DVDs, and, at some locations,
cassettes and
vinyl records. Everyday Music is a related music store with a similar format in Oregon and Washington. The stores' trademark is a vast selection of new, used, and local music at competitive prices. While the stores generally focus on
popular music of numerous types, the locations in
St. Paul and
Minneapolis also feature
jazz and
classical music. The Minnesota locations have "the world’s largest selection of Minnesota and North Dakota music."
[1] A significant direct competitor is CD Warehouse, although retailers such as
Sam Goody and
Best Buy, as well as smaller independent music stores like the
Electric Fetus, also compete in the market to varying extents. ' Used discs purchased by Cheapo first go into unsorted racks—one for each day of the week—before being sorted and placed into the general collection. Customers looking for the best deals spend much of their time flipping through those seven racks, producing a distinctive "click-click-click" sound as they go along. A typical store is quite spartan, the building merely a warehouse or unfinished retail space with waist-high wooden racks of discs; larger stores are carpeted. There are usually a few
listening stations for trying out discs. Stores may also feature an area of "top ten" selections for a regional
radio station.
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