Dealer news, store openings, sales trends, and business strategies for music retailers.
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 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 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…
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…
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 choosing…
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…
A new music store has opened in Poole, Dorset, boasting retail space and a live music venue. Freestyle Guitars and Accessories in Holton Heath Trading Park stocks a range including…
UK Drum start-up The British Drum Company, has appointed former Peavey exec Dave Hunt as its worldwide sales representative. Hunt previously spent 11 years with Peavey UK prior to the closure…
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…
Having transitioned to a direct-to-retail sales model in 2015, SABIAN has just enlisted a solid team of industry veterans to bolster their U.S. sales effort. Roger Jewell is the new…
Ashly Audio has announced the appointment of Frequency Sales as its manufacturers rep in greater Chicago, greater Milwaukee, and the surrounding regions of northern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin. Frequency Sales will…
There is exactly one week to go before voting in this year’s MMR Dealers’ Choice Awards closes. Every December for more than two decades, the readers of MMR have selected…
