'Christmas from hell' caps bad year for high street DVD sellers

Digital growth fuels £250m drop in physical sales of films, music, TV and gamesA “Christmas from hell” capped a disastrous year for high street sellers of DVDs and CDs, as the digital revolution fuelled a near-£250m decline in sales of physical copies of films, music, TV shows and video games in 2018.In the week leading up to Christmas, sales of DVDs were down more than 31%, Blu-ray discs plummeted by over 33% and music CD sales slumped by 29%, a festive nightmare that pu