When your business is hurting, the least advisable strategy is to reduce the ways people can get your product.  I would try expanding the places people can find my products and making my product more accessible, but I’m not EMI.  The international conglomerate has decided to focus their sales efforts on big box stores, like Best Buy, and one-stop shops, like Walmart.  They are no longer going to distribute to small mom & pop record stores any more.  I swear I’m not making this up.  The supposed benefit for them is reduced costs, which is a reasonable prediction.  I can also predict they will have reduced revenue too, which I hope, for their accountant’s sake, helps them come out better financially on the other end.  Otherwise, not only will the accountant be looking for another job, but so will everyone else who works for EMI.  Good luck with that.