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RETAIL Just how bad is the shelf-space crunch studio executives have been griping about for the better part of a year? Seventy percent of mass merchants and other discount retailers surveyed by Home Media Research say they, too, are concerned about shelf space, with nearly half (44 percent) saying they think it is a serious worry.
That's not surprising. As of June 26, there were 46,223 DVD titles in release, up 856 from the end of May, according to The DVD Release Report. The steady flow of new and catalog feature films is augmented by such boom markets as nontheatrical kidvid, documentaries and, in particular, TV DVD, which has seen a product-release rise of more than 50 percent in the first half of this year, according to the report.
When retailers were asked whether they limit what they carry because of shelf-space restrictions, more than half (58percent) said yes. And when it comes to choices, 53 percent of mass merchants said...