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‘We Create Musicians’: Maxwell’s House of Music is Having a Banner Year in 2024
Christian Wissmuller | April 2024ArchivesCurrent IssueRetail | April 5, 2024Two awards from the 2024 NAMM Show – including “Dealer of the Year – are just some of the most recent accolades being bestowed upon Jeffersonville, Indiana’s beloved Maxwell’s House of Music. Read More... -
Light Up the Night! — Sales of Lighting & Stage Effects Remain Stable Post-Pandemic
Christian Wissmuller | April 2024ArchivesCurrent IssueSurvey | April 5, 2024When we polled MI retailers on the state of the Lighting & Stage Effect market segment back in fall of 2021, things were still – understandably – massively impacted by pandemic-related closures of clubs, bars, and other venues. Read More... -
The Differentiation Factor: Music History — A Million-Dollar Idea
Menzie Pittman | April 2024ArchivesCurrent IssueSmall Business Matters | April 5, 2024It was Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock” in 1954 that broke the pre-internet “internet,” but can you explain the unusual ticking sound that you hear in the song? Read More... -
Spin Control: DJ Interfaces & Controllers
Christian Wissmuller | April 2024ArchivesCurrent IssueRoundtable | April 5, 2024“He just turns up with his memory stick and pretends he's doing something and goes away with a huge amount of money,” said Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickenson of today’s DJs in a recent interview. Read More... -
Many Happy Returns? For Customers, Yes; For MI Businesses, Not so Much: In-kind Donation Can Ease the Burden of Returns on Warehouses and Make Beautiful music
Gary C. Smith | April 2024ArchivesCurrent IssueGuest Editorial | April 5, 2024U.S. retail sales during the 2023 holidays rose 3.1 percent over last year, according to figures from Mastercard – which isn’t bad considering consumers are still feeling the pinch of inflation. Read More... -
Music As an Avenue Towards Community Building: Making Your Retail Business ‘The Right Place’
Christian Wissmuller | April 2024ArchivesCurrent IssueEditorial | April 5, 2024“Most marketers have heard the term ‘community building’ at some point in the recent past,” began an article from last summer in an issue of Rolling Stone. Read More...
