Dealer news, store openings, sales trends, and business strategies for music retailers.
Sweetwater has announced the launch of Sweetwater Band & Orchestra online. Featuring the industry’s best equipment in every category from brands like Conn-Selmer, Yamaha, P. Mauriat, Buffet, Keilwerth, The Growling Sax…
[caption id="attachment_80313" align="alignleft" width="460"] From Left: Drew Unis, Maurice Unis, owner, Classic Pianos; Brian Unis, owner, Classic Pianos; Chris Gilbert, key account manager, Yamaha Corporation of America; Aaron Unis, accounts…
[caption id="attachment_79490" align="alignleft" width="460"] Zoom North America, Eric Battin, Vice President of Sales and Planning[/caption] Zoom North America is pleased to announce the promotion of Eric Battin to Vice President…
Fender’s Custom Shop is announcing the launch of the limited edition Violinmaster Telecaster® Relic® guitar, the newest custom-built creation from Principal Master Builder, Yuriy Shishkov. Inspired by the world renowned…
Key Digital, an award-winning developer and manufacturer of leading-edge digital video processing and video signal distribution solutions, has appointed White Bear Lake, Minnesota-based firm MotherDuck Marketing and Sales as its…
How are drum stick sales for your MI retail operation this year? What brands and types of sticks are really connecting with players in 2021? Share your insight with your…
[caption id="attachment_79418" align="alignleft" width="460"] Audio-Technica AT2020 cardioid condenser microphone shown in a typical user setup[/caption] Audio-Technica is celebrating one million sales of its iconic AT2020 cardioid condenser microphone by donating one…
As with a handful of other fiefdoms within the world of MI, the pandemic has actually been good for sales of pro audio equipment – in particular entry- and mid-level…
Unfamiliar with MIRC, or only vaguely aware of what it does or how? That’s both not necessarily “your fault,” nor surprising. “For a long time, the previous owner of MIRC…
As goes the fate of live music performance, so too goes the fortunes of related income and purchases. While perhaps not connected in quite so obvious a manner to a…
Well – here we are in part two of the Tales From the Unknown MI Sales Rep. What wonderful words of wisdom, advice, or tom-foolery shall we discuss today? I…
On October 4 2021, The Hazan Media Group announced in an email that it would be halting publication of The Music & Sound Retailer, Sound & Communications, and DJ Times. "We are not alone…
