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Retail & Business July 7, 2016

Fishman Names Ostrander and Lenaire To Drive Sales

Fishman has appointed Tom Ostrander as vice president of Global Retail Sales and Gary Lenaire as director of New Product Marketing and Sales to maximize the company’s sales effort. Ostrander…

MMR Staff
Jul 7, 2016
Retail & Business July 7, 2016

New global sales chief for Orange

Following the departure of long-serving sales head Antony Gunter, Orange Amplification has promoted James Deacon to international sales manager. Deacon joined Orange in 2011 as internal UK sales executive. A…

MMR Staff
Jul 7, 2016
Retail & Business July 5, 2016

Tanglewood bolsters sales force with Clapham signing

Former Marshall UK sales manager, Michael Clapham, has joined Tanglewood as regional sales manager. He joins the acoustic guitar specialist after a two and a half year stint at Marshall…

MMR Staff
Jul 5, 2016
Retail & Business June 29, 2016

GC Expands East Coast Presence with New Store Openings

Guitar Center has been expanding its footprint on the East Coast with recent store grand openings in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and West Springfield, Massachusetts. These two grand openings further underscore…

MMR Staff
Jun 29, 2016
Retail & Business June 29, 2016

Former Orange man sets up sales start-up

Erstwhile Orange Amps sales chief, Antony Gunter, has re-emerged with a new start-up and is handling sales for US firm Boutique Amps in Europe. The new company is called G4 Sales…

MMR Staff
Jun 29, 2016
Retail & Business June 25, 2016

2016 NAMM Top 100 Dealers

Winners were announced on Friday night for the annual "NAMM Top 100 Dealers." Contemporary Music Center (Chantilly, Virginia) - owned by longtime, valued MMR contributor Menzie Pittman - got top nods…

MMR Staff
Jun 25, 2016
Retail & Business June 23, 2016

Musical Innovations Adds Staff, Affiliate Stores

 Musical Innovations, NAMM’s 2015 Top 100 Dealer of the Year, is expanding, in order to continue providing its trademark exemplary service to schools and families in the Southeast. Four new…

MMR Staff
Jun 23, 2016
Retail & Business June 22, 2016

Reverb.com Reports 20% of Used Pedal Sales are “Flips”

Reverb.com reports that flipping gear to make music and money is a growing trend among musicians. Reverb.com reports that 20% of all used effects pedal sales on the music gear…

MMR Staff
Jun 22, 2016
Retail & Business June 22, 2016

Korg launches in-store tuner display

Korg has launched a new piece of high-tech POS - a wall mounted in-store tuner display. The new display is designed to allow retailers to show off the firm’s wireless WDT1…

MMR Staff
Jun 22, 2016
Retail & Business June 22, 2016

Cordoba expands Canadian sales force

Cordoba Music Group has expanded its Canadian sales force. The firm now has six dedicated sales men managed and led by industry veteran Jim Verwoerd (British Columbia), Canadian music stores…

MMR Staff
Jun 22, 2016