Ahh why? With Amazon can reach far more people with far less money involved. You really are clueless about Indie music aren't you. An Indie group would need to lay out hundreds of thousands of dollars or more to put music inside all those brick and mortars and for what reason? That is why Indies sell CDs on Amazon. Or CD Baby etc.
They can do small runs and still make a chunk of change.
One of my friends in an Indie band does a hand written note to everyone who orders their CD online. How would he accomplish that with Wal-Mart or Target?
Absolute proof you do not understand an iota of what HamiltonJay and I are talking about at all. . .