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[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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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 –…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
