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New Trends in Consumer Showrooming Habits

It’s probably been years since you first noticed customers wandering through your aisles with their eyes fixed on their smartphone, checking out alternate offers for merch that’s sitting…

Drum Dealers Take a Beatdown

MMR recently sent out a survey to over 1,000 subscribers to get some feedback on the state of the drum and percussion retail market and… the results are…

Experience PRS Event Sees Record Attendance and New Product Line

[caption id="attachment_48463" align="alignleft" width="480"]PRS DG Custom[/caption]Experience PRS, now in its seventh year, attracted close to 3,000 attendees this year from all over the globe. The 2013 event notably…

Little Kids Rock and Ear Candy Join Forces

Little Kids Rock, the leading non-profit provider of free music lessons, instruments and teacher training to U.S. public schools, and Ear Candy Charity, an Arizona-based non-profit that also…

Fender Appoints Angress to Senior VP of Global Sales

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) is pleased to announce the appointment of David Angress to the position of senior vice president of Global Sales.

Class of 2013: Electra - A Legend Reborn

Guitar aficionados may recognize Electra Guitars as the defunct brand of handsome guitars endorsed by artists like Peter Frampton and Leslie West back in the ‘70s and ‘80s.…

New Artist Relations Hires at Korg USA

Korg USA has announced new hires to its artist relations area. Mike Bigel has been hired as a Korg USA Artist Relations Specialist. Bigel comes to Korg USA with…

12 Successful Ideas for Retailers to Move Pianos Today

[caption id="attachment_48132" align="alignleft"]Thomas Solich of Solich Piano[/caption]The buyer is smarter and smarter,” declares Thomas Solich of Solich Piano. “We all are. How I buy today is drastically different from…

Anton Fig Signs with Evans Drumheads and PureSound Percussion

[caption id="attachment_48104" align="alignleft"]Anton Fig[/caption]Evans and PureSound are proud to welcome to their esteemed artist rosters, Anton Fig, a member of the "CBS Orchestra" appearing nightly on 'The Late…

Hal Leonard Employees Raise Money for Children’s Hospitals

14 employees from Hal Leonard’s 140-person Milwaukee office constituted the company’s team in the Tri-ing for Children’s Triathlon, a benefit for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and…

Casio Donates Keyboards to University in Memory of Professor’s Father

[caption id="attachment_47687" align="alignleft"]Faculty of New Jersey City University.[/caption]Casio America, Inc. recently donated three keyboards to New Jersey City University in memory of Dominique Romeo, the father of Rob…

Anthem Names Sarcia Director of Sales

Anthem Musical Instruments has appointed Frank Sarcia as director of sales. Sarcia has worked in the music products industry for over 25 years, holding sales management positions for…

Summer NAMM: Industry Insight

“These are iconic heroes of mine, and to have all of them on stage here tonight is wonderful,” declared a genuinely giddy Joe Lamond, CEO/president of NAMM on…

Superior Vocal Health Throat Saver

7 To-Do Items on Your Summer NAMM Itinerary

Retail Boot Camp: On Wednesday, July 10th, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30, sales guru Bob Negen shares how to get more people in the door, how to increase your…

Yamaha Names Fisher Marketing Manager for Electronic Drums

Yamaha Corporation of America (YCA) has appointed Steven Fisher to the position of marketing manager for electronic drums. His primary responsibility will be to advance the market for…

Music & Arts’ Allan Greenberg

[caption id="attachment_47705" align="alignleft"]Music & Arts recently purchased Anaheim Band Instruments, shown here.[/caption]Music & Arts has been expanding at a healthy clip of late (check out this year’s Profile…

Radial Engineering Plays Role in Vegas Recording Studio

V[caption id="attachment_47693" align="alignleft"]Studio designer and manager Robert [/caption]ancouver, BC - Students of the International Academy of Design and Technology in Las Vegas have the opportunity to get real world…

Casio Donates Keyboards to New Jersey City University

[caption id="attachment_47687" align="alignleft"]Students and faculty receive new equipment from Casio.[/caption]Casio America, Inc. has donated three keyboards to New Jersey City University in memory of Dominique Romeo, the father…

Pearl Welcomes Dr. Eric Willie

Samson To Transfer Zoom Distribution

[caption id="attachment_47602" align="alignleft"]Samson to Transfer Zoom Distribution[/caption]Samson Technologies will turn over the U.S. distribution of all Zoom products to the newly developed Zoom North America on December 31,…

Tribute to MMR Publisher Sidney Davis

[caption id="attachment_47523" align="alignleft"]Former MMR publisher Sidney Davis.[/caption]It came as no surprise when Sidney Davis’ inbox quickly was bursting at the “virtual” seams with messages from retailers and suppliers,…