McCollough walks away after spearheading a drive to move or refurbish a block of Circuit City stores, an effort designed to close a quality gap a with Best Buy franchise seen as having better locations, brighter and less cluttered stores, and top-of-the-line service led by its famed Geek Squad customer support operation.
If the anthology is well-received, the remaining Beatles could venture onto the tour circuit, predicted Somach -- just the sort of statement to drive record sales through the roof and Beatlemania II into a bonafide phenomenon.