Sanity

The last remaining shops closed on Sunday after more than 30 years.

Post jobs and search for local talent on [7NEWS Jobs >>](https://7news.com.au/jobs/) [Cookie Guide](https://www.sevenwestmedia.com.au/cookies-guide). [The Music.](https://themusic.com.au/news/sanity-stores-final-closure-day/oaEftbS3trk/26-03-23?fbclid=IwAR0x1iZhgy8Y59oy7cRPtjd2iRiDy13x6n3Xscu97wGzOjomJulhGL1HDWQ&mibextid=q5o4bk) [announced in January](https://7news.com.au/business/retail/iconic-australian-retailer-shutting-its-doors-across-the-country-c-9348021) that its remaining 50 stores would be closing by April - and the last two closed on Sunday. [music and entertainment](https://7news.com.au/entertainment) retailer Sanity has finally closed its doors for good.

While many Aussies may not have visited a Sanity store in years, that doesn't mean they won't be upset to hear the news.

Iconic Australian music retailer Sanity closed the last of its remaining 50 stores on Sunday, calling time on more than 30 years of physical operations as ...

Without this, Sanity would not have lasted as long as it has, and it's this I am most proud of," he said. The shift to streaming music digitally spelled the beginning of the end for the iconic Aussie retailer, which will now focus on online sales to service its remaining customers. "Our team is also working hard to ensure every customer receives all orders they have placed with us, including all pre-orders, which will be dispatched through our online business if the store is closed by the time their order arrives."

The business announced that it would be closing all brick-and-mortar stores in January due to changes in the way people consume music and entertainment. The ...

Australia's Iconic Retailer, Sanity, Closes Its Doors for Good and Shifts to Online After more than 40 years of dominating the CD and DVD industry, ...

[](https://nnn.ng/#:~:text=blogger outreach tips) [CEO](https://nnn.ng/tag/ceo/) Ray Itaoui, who purchased the brand in 2009, plans to keep the brand alive by moving the store online. [DVD](https://nnn.ng/tag/dvd/) industry, Sanity has closed its final physical stores in Browns Plains and Bundaberg.

If you grew up in Australia, you almost undoubtably would have shopped in these stores.

The company went into voluntary administration in November 2020, and later said it would shut most of its shops across the country. The company announced in a Facebook post it was to close after 166 years of serving Australian customers. Franklins supermarkets closed the last of their stores in 2015. The brand remained a major player in the shopping scene for almost a century until it was bought by Myer in 1983, with all stores formally rebranded under the Myer banner in 2004. In January, Sanity announced they would close their last 50 stores in Australia by the end of April. The last Sanity store in Australia has closed down, a landmark end to a musical era as the company pivots to online sales.

The store locator of an iconic music and entertainment retailer's website has revealed the sad reality for the once popular outlet, which used to boast 50 ...

It was the only way to find music back then, as Shazam didn’t exist,” added another. “Always enjoyed Sanity and music stores like it (such as Arcadia Records and Tapes where I grew up in Hamilton). So obviously Sanity will close their physical stores and have a digital channel for movies and music Thankfully Dixon’s and other local second-hand record shops remain,” wrote one man. “It’s an end of an era for retailers that sell DVDs and CDs in the same way that we saw Blockbuster and Civic and those rental DVD stores go by the wayside, as we saw VHS tapes go by the wayside.” The closure of all stores for one retailer has prompted an outpouring of sadness but in a twist its revealed a surprising move on what’s next.