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Retail & Business December 8, 2016

24th Annual Dealers’ Choice Awards

The 2016 Dealers’ Choice Awards (DCA) process represents “year two” of a far more comprehensive approach, resulting in enhanced participation and verifiability. This year, MMR readers were more actively involved…

MMR Staff
Dec 8, 2016
Retail & Business December 1, 2016

HW Products Names Klingler Manager of Direct Sales

HW Products is celebrating its 40th year at NAMM and has welcomed Jim Klingler to their team as manager of direct sales. Klingler has a long history in the music…

MMR Staff
Dec 1, 2016
Retail & Business November 30, 2016

MoneyCapsules Launches Sharing Groups for Music Retailers

MoneyCapsules® today announced the Q2 launch of MoneyCapsules Groups, which preserves sharing group features; building trustful relationships with other non-competitor retailers, learning from each other’s success and failures, and realizing that…

MMR Staff
Nov 30, 2016
Retail & Business November 22, 2016

Spalding store to close

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MMR Staff
Nov 22, 2016
Retail & Business November 20, 2016

EAW Names Bobel North U.S. Sales Engineer

Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) has appointed Jim Bobel to the position of North U.S. sales engineer, effective immediately. The announcement was made by Jim Newhouse, EAW’s North American director of…

MMR Staff
Nov 20, 2016
Retail & Business November 10, 2016

SLM Dealer Center: Black Friday Deals for Major Brands

St Louis Music announced Black Friday & Small Business Saturday deals during November.  Promotions include some of SLM’s best sellers like Dixon, Knilling, Sigma and much more. “We’ve made sure…

MMR Staff
Nov 10, 2016
Retail & Business November 8, 2016

Korg Supercharges sales with free software add-ons

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MMR Staff
Nov 8, 2016
Retail & Business November 3, 2016

Sennheiser to Host Master Class at its SoHo Pop Up Store

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MMR Staff
Nov 3, 2016
Retail & Business October 28, 2016

Miller Named Elation Professional Sales Rep

Elation Professional has reached an agreement with industry professional Chris Miller and Cascade Technical Sales (CTS) to be Elation’s new independent sales representative for Northern California and Northern Nevada. Miller,…

MMR Staff
Oct 28, 2016
Retail & Business October 26, 2016

Sennheiser Opens SoHo Pop-Up Store

Audio specialist Sennheiser opened a SoHo pop-up store. Open up to the end of February starting from October 21, it is a designed as a destination for unique listening experiences,…

MMR Staff
Oct 26, 2016