UGO Bluetooth Wireless Speaker from Hal Leonard
With four playback modes, UGO Bluetooth is designed to deliver deep bass tones, clear midranges, and sparkling tenor from any audio source via Bluetooth connection or direct plug-in. Music can…
Radial Takes On Int'l Sales and Distro for Jensen Iso-Max
Vancouver-based Radial Engineering Ltd. recently announced that it has taken on the global sales, marketing, and distribution of Jensen Transformers' Iso-Max range of products. Iso-Max is a range of isolators that provide ground…
Gretsches Present Grammy Enterprise Award to Savannah Arts Academy
Fred and Dinah Gretsch (president and CFO, respectively, of the Savannah-based Gretsch Company) appeared at the Savannah Arts Academy this past Friday, May 16 to present the school with a…
D'Addario Receives Koblenz Lifetime Achievement Award
John D’Addario Jr., vice chairman of D’Addario & Co., Inc. will accept the Koblenz Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of himself, The D’Addario Foundation, and D’Addario & Company, Inc. for…
Trade Regrets: John Chase
John R. Chase, Jr. 56 of Palm Harbor, Florida passed away May 15 at Tampa General Hospital surrounded by his family.Chase worked in the music industry for 40 years. He…
Making the Most of Your Accessories Department
Just down the road from the Memphis outpost of certain MI retail giant, Geoff Albert’s independent Revolve Guitars does a brisk business. Since opening in 2012, Albert’s shop has sold…
Play Nice, Fellas
As we go to print with this June issue of MMR, a hot-button topic on our site (and in my in-box) and elsewhere is the recent parting of the ways…
Six 'Best Ideas' for Print
[caption id="attachment_49701" align="alignleft" width="800"]Myles Reck with Kevin Cranley and Madeleine Crouch.[/caption]An ever-popular feature of the RPMDA is the annual “Best Ideas” session, which culls new retail ideas from the minds…
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…