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Times are hard - even for successful record shops. It helps, then, to be in cahoots with Calif (Club Action des Labels Indépendants Français). In France, even the music scene is unionised. Franck Pompidor has jumped right into bed with them - in September 2007, three years after setting up his shop Ground Zero, he moved it into Calif's headquarters in Belleville. Luckily, the Ministry of Culture-funded Calif pays a third of Pompidor's rent. The shop's name is inspired by his awareness that music retailers are disappearing and they are faced with a "ground zero" situation.
Writer: Tom Smith
Paris
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