Dealer news, store openings, sales trends, and business strategies for music retailers.
Cymatic Audio, effective immediately, has created its own North American distribution channel. Industry veteran Tom Sailor has been appointed as their head of operations and sales and marketing for North…
A rare report on the UK musical instrument market from Ibisworld predicts growth of 6.2 per cent over the next year, but outlines the extent of the damage caused to…
Long-established Newcastle retailer JG Windows is currently undergoing a huge expansion which it says will make it one of the UK’s destination music stores and possibly the country’s largest. The…
It was nice to read something about Guitar Center recently that didn’t focus on its debt problems for a change. And it is something that affects all retailers in the…
Amid the closure of some long-established music stores in the UK, there are still new stores opening. Sleepy Midsomer Norton in Somerset has a new store in the form of…
The owner of a Scottish music shop has been awarded £17,000 in costs after a customer took him to court claiming she had developed tinnitus because he crashed a cymbal near her…
“just setting up my twttr.” That’s how it all started, back in 2006 with that first tweet by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. At that time, no one knew that this…
According to Greek philosopher Heraclitus, “The only thing that is constant is change.” Whether you’re in the music retail business or looking at it from the consumer’s perspective, this maxim…
UK online retailer Gear4music is readying an assault on Europe after confirming plans to float on the London stock exchange and open a Central London flagship outlet. The York-based company…
KHS America announced the expansion and reorganization of its Combo Sales Division and the integration of the Hohner Inc. sales effort. Effective May 1st, the KHS America Combo division will…
UK trade body, the Music Industries Association declared its annual Learn to Play Day its most successful to date, with more venues involved than ever. This year, 129 venues, up more…
Eminence has announced the addition of music industry veteran Daniel Neves as Latin American Sales Representative. Through his manufacturers’ representative firm, Tree Media, Neves will be selling Eminence products and…
