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Love Record Stores Day boosts music retail, taking over £1 million in revenue
Record Store Day 2020 — which has been postponed twice this year due to the coronavirus outbreak — as the latter will now be split over three dates (August 29, September 26 and October 24).Its aim was to get music-lovers to support their favourite independent record stores by shopping online, with an array of exclusive and limited edition vinyl releases being made available by a variety of artists and labels.Eighty-three new and reissued vinyl releases were made available, including releases from the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Oasis, Caribou, Belle and Sebastian, Beach House, Robyn, New Order, Jungle and John Grant.According to campaign organisers (via Music Week), the event resulted in over £1 million made in sales after almost 50,000 units