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Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) has announced that its subsidiary KMC Music, Inc. has sold its owned and licensed percussion brands, including Gretsch® Drums, Latin Percussion®, Toca® Percussion, KAT® Percussion…
Bill's Music in Baltimore, MD recently became a full line D'Angelico dealer. To celebrate and to unveil the instruments, Bill's hosted a clinic & guitar sale on Black Friday featuring…
Music Group welcomes Adorama as the newest full-line reseller for its Behringer- and Bugera-branded MI products. As a significant partner in Music Group’s rapidly expanding dealer network, Adorama will carry…
ALABAMA Guitars and More GardendaleDustin Honeycutt, president2014 vs. 2013? We’ve had an increase of 50 percent.Hot new product line? PRS, Takamine, Peavey and Blackstar.Technological advances? Facebook and Instagram have been…
The 2014 Dealers’ Choice Awards again brought together hundreds of enthusiastic music products retailers to select the lines that made this year a success. This winning slate of instrument, sound, lighting and…
D’Addario has always supported the philosophy that accessories should be accessible,” comments Vice President of Sales, David Via. “However, that does not remove us from our responsibilities of proper channel…
The 2014 Dealers’ Choice Awards again brought together hundreds of enthusiastic music products dealers to nominate the lines that made this year a success. This winning slate of instrument, sound,…
In anticipation of the holiday season, Sennheiser will open two temporary concept stores in the U.S., running from November 22nd to December 28th. To increase consumer awareness of Sennheiser brand,…
In late October, Yamaha once again kicked off its national “Test Drive A Hybrid” promotion to acquaint more consumers with its groundbreaking series of “hybrid” pianos. The growing family of instruments—namely,…
In the past year, high-profile instances of data theft at Home Depot and Target, affecting tens of millions of customers, brought the problem of cyber attacks to the forefront of…
The first company exclusively dedicated to supplying lighting and audio equipment cases, Arriba's success has created a need for the company to expand its East Coast sales team.To keep up with the…
Marshall McLuhan’s famous dictum, “The medium is the message,” rings as true for retail as it does for media. While the Internet-era nostrum that “content is king” remains plenty valid,…
