Craft
Draft beer. Handmade coffee. Artisanal chocolate. Heritage jeans. Hand-carved wooden iPad cases. It’s hard to avoid the retail collateral of the current hipster era, with its emphasis on the bespoke.…
Connecting with Clients and Employees Using Personality Type Indicators
Many tests have been developed to identify your personality, perhaps the best-known of which is the Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator. Using a series of questions, it identifies your personality and…
Learning to Love Retail Analytics
Number crunchers have been harping on analytics for years – you’ve seen it take hold of sports (Moneyball and the rise of “sabermetrics”) while advanced infographics have become a staple…
Shure Keeps Up with Changing FCC Rules
In the Fall of 2012, the Federal Communications Commission announced plans for an incentive auction of UHF spectrum in the 600 MHz Band – adjacent to the previously auctioned 700…
Store-Branded Instruments Represent More than a ‘Vanity’ Label for Some
In the course of compiling our annual ’50 Dealer 50 State’ review and forecast each November, we’ve noticed that a fair number of dealers cite their own store’s brand –…
Step Up to the Plate, B&O Dealers
There’s much talk in the industry of “creating music makers” and, while it’s certainly an important first step to get that customer in the door, making that initial purchase, the…
The Music People Turns 35
It’s a rare venue or studio that doesn’t include at least a few items from On-Stage Stands, the flagship brand from MI manufacturer and distribution company, The Music People. That…
RPMDA Surveys Print’s Ongoing Redesign
As a core group of print music insiders met in Dallas for the 38th convention of the Retail Print Music Distributors Association (RPMDA) in May, a resilient picture of the…
How You Can Save Tens of Thousands of Dollars on Health Insurance in 2014
I’m like a lot of you out there. I am an entrepreneur. Sure I am in a fun business. I publish a magazine about the MI industry. However, at the…
Students Take Part In ‘Remote’ Piano Lesson Using Yamaha’s Disklavier
On Thursday, May 22, high school students in Las Vegas and Washington D.C. participated in the first ever three-site “remote” master class with a college professor located in New York.…
Fender Adds U2's Bono, The Edge to Board of Directors
U2 duo Bono and The Edge have joined the Fender board of directors.The singer and guitarist, both recruited by Fender majority owner TPG Growth, will work with the company to…
Trade Regrets: Bob Tudor
On May 23, PreSonus announced today the passing of Bob Tudor, the company's chief technology officer.Widely respected in the pro audio/MI industry, Tudor followed a long and winding road to…