Tower Records is the music store with the most street buzz and star power.  It is able to call upon the biggest stars to do in-house performances for album oremiers, yet still this power-house retailer has not been able to escape thewrath of the music download. The article attributes the universal death of the record store to :"decreasing CD sales, the hit from online downloads, and growing competition from the likes of Amazon.com, as well as discounters such as Wal-Mart and Target..."