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September 20, 2021
When Suppliers Sell Direct
In 2014, when Fender announced it would start selling direct-to-consumer from it’s website, retailers across the country braced for other major MI…
September 20, 2021
Music Retail 2.0
Back in August 2020, Music Inc. dug deep into key online tools retailers were leaning on to help them through the thick of the COVID-19 lockdowns. As…
May 11, 2021
The Comeback Kid
It’s hard to believe, but it has now been a full 12 months since most Americans have attended a live concert. Or a Broadway production. Or a stand-up comedy…
April 05, 2021
Breakout Sales
Home and professional digital pianos are one market segment that has enjoyed steady, if not increasing, sales during the past year. For a pair of European-based…
April 05, 2021
Optimism Prevails
Sheryl Laukat of Cannonball Music couldn’t have been more plain-spoken in her assessment of the challenges currently facing the hard-hit band and orchestra…
March 26, 2021
Guitar Booms
The biggest trend in guitars over the past year has been simply how well they’ve been selling. Suppliers express confidence that any guitar they make right…
December 16, 2020
Can’t Even Call it a Curve Ball
Retailers called Yamaha a “true vendor partner” through the pandemic. Yamaha Corp. of America Corporate Vice President Garth Gilman said this praise coming…
December 16, 2020
Tilling The Soil
Retailers polled for this year’s Supplier Excellence Awards called Fender “a machine run by good people,” and praised the guitar giant for having the…
