Major German retailer boosts international online offering
German retailer Music Store has invested in an upgrade to its online shopping interface to help expand its international business. The firm has upgraded to a new version of online…
SLM Presents 2015 Sales Achievement Awards
St. Louis Music (SLM) recently announced the recipients of its first annual Sales Achievement Awards, recognizing the outstanding efforts of the SLM sales team throughout 2015. At a pre-NAMM meeting…
D’Addario Receives MMR Dealers’ Choice Award
D’Addario‘s Jim D’Addario, Brian Vance, and Peter D’Addario are handed the 2015 MMR Dealers’ Choice Award for Accessory Line of the Year by MMR‘s Dave Jeans.
Yamaha Dealer of the Year Award Presented at NAMM
The Keyboard division of Yamaha Corporation of America names Music Exchange “Overall Dealer of the Year” for the second year in a row at the 2016 NAMM Show. Photo (from…
SLM Launches Dealer Promo: Win A Dream Vacation
St Louis Music is celebrating a very successful 2015 with a special promotion for dealers, giving away a dream vacation to five lucky winners. “Giving back to our dealers in…
Gear4Music Christmas sales up nearly 40 per cent
Like-for-like sales have soared over the Christmas period at online specialist Gear4Music, according to its latest trading update. In an update covering the two months from 1st November 2015 to 31st…
Guitar Village becomes Gibson first Euro custom shop
Gibson Custom has linked with Guitar Village in Surrey, which has become its first Made 2 Measure custom facility in Europe. The appointment-only service guides you through body and neck materials, neck…
Fred W. Gretsch Celebrates 50 Years in Music with In-Store Event
Fred W. Gretsch invites the public to celebrate his 50th anniversary in the music business with a free in-store event at Ken Stanton Music. The event will feature a meet…
Two Old Hippies Announces Besancon as Global Sales Manager
Two Old Hippies Stringed Instruments has named Colin Besancon as global sales manager. Breedlove has been located in Central Oregon for 25 years and Besancon has been a part of…
POLL: How was 2015 for your store?
As the year draws to a close, time to get a sense of how retailers fared over the last 12 months with a very simple question – how was it…
32nd Annual Fifty Dealer/Fifty State Review & Forecast
ALABAMA Art’s Music Shop Montgomery How did 2015 compare to 2014 for your store? Our 2015 rental season was up (over 2014) – More students signing up for band and…
23rd Annual Dealers’ Choice Awards
The 2015 Dealers’ Choice Awards saw a comprehensive overhaul of the entire nomination and voting process. Safeguards are now in place to ensure against “ballot stuffing” (multiple votes from the…