Dealer news, store openings, sales trends, and business strategies for music retailers.
By Christian Wissmuller [caption id="attachment_91460" align="alignleft" width="1139"] Gabe Dalporto[/caption] As the MI industry continues to navigate shifting consumer expectations, omnichannel retail, and margin pressure, Guitar Center is making a deliberate…
NAMM and the NAMM Foundation have announced the creation of the Skip Maggiora Innovation Award, a new retail award to be given annually at The NAMM Show. Each year, the…
Allen & Heath is set to deliver its most expansive presence yet at The NAMM Show 2026 in Anaheim, California - bringing attendees more ways than ever to experience the…
The 2025 Dealers’ Choice Awards once again drew an impressive response from across the MI industry, with retailers throughout North America casting thousands of votes to recognize the instruments, technologies,…
Rhodes Music announces two new Custom Shop MK8 pianos, ‘Glacial’ and ‘Monolith’, releasing simultaneously. Each model is hand-built in Leeds by Rhodes Master Builders and shaped by a distinct visual…
Over the summer, you selected the instruments and musical gear that were to be nominees in the 33rd Annual MMR Dealers' Choice awards -- now you get to vote on the…
As a true pioneer of the electric guitar and pickup design, Gibson’s nearly 90 years of research and manufacturing have defined the sound of countless musicians and music lovers. Since…
Kepma Guitars USA has announced a significant expansion of its U.S. sales team with the addition of seven highly respected industry veterans across key territories. The new territory sales representatives…
Allen & Heath USA and American Music and Sound are pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Reed as the company’s new Western Regional Sales Manager. In his new role,…
Solid State Logic announces that it has appointed CJ Lewis to the position of National Sales Manager, Western U.S., where he is responsible for SSL, Harrison Audio and Slate Digital…
Create your perfect set of guitar strings: your gauges, your alloys, your way. D’Addario announces the launch of the Players Choice Custom String Shop, a new online tool that lets…
By Christian Wissmuller [caption id="attachment_90543" align="alignleft" width="240"] Mike George, Product Manager of Instruments and Accessories at C.F. Martin & Co., Inc.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_90544" align="alignleft" width="240"] Leanne McClellon, Director of…
