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Retail & Business July 4, 2013

23rd Profile of the American Dealer

For the third consecutive year, MMR’s annual dealer count remained slightly ahead of the 8,000 mark. This year’s total of 8,004 operations showed a net decline of 34 outlets. As…

MMR Staff
Jul 4, 2013
Retail & Business June 24, 2013

Rodgers Announces Top 10 Sales Awards and Higher Revenue

Rodgers Instruments Corporation President Duane Kuhn has announced the winners of the Top 10 Performance Awards, presented to the leading retail distributors of Rodgers organs around the world. Thanks to…

MMR Staff
Jun 24, 2013
Retail & Business June 14, 2013

The Fret Shop

WHAT:The Fret Shop WHO: Mark Torstenson, Owner WHERE: Huntsville,Alabama WHEN FOUNDED: 1979 At home: Married to Lucia Cape; two kids: Evelyn, 6, and Julian, 4.   On the way to that…

MMR Staff
Jun 14, 2013
Retail & Business June 12, 2013

Soft Cases Make for Hard Sales

There’s no doubt that soft cases have gotten better and more affordable,” says SKB’s Dave Sanderson. There are instrument bags – “essentially dust covers,” as Arriba’s Scott Davies calls them.…

MMR Staff
Jun 12, 2013
Retail & Business April 1, 2013

Orange Announces Dealer & Sales Representative of the Year

Orange Amplification announced that Sweetwater Sound Inc. has been awarded USA " Dealer Of The Year 2012 and Bill McDaniel has been presented with USA Sales Representative Of The Year…

MMR Staff
Apr 1, 2013