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UNLOCK YOUR STORE’S POTENTIAL

Summer NAMM Will Give You The Key… And Here’s Why Well, it’s official: summer has finally come! For most of us, the season’s arrival evokes images of basebal...

GETTIN’ THE BAND BACK TOGETHER

EXCITEMENT BUILDS FOR THE 2014 NAMM SHOW Now that the holiday season has passed and we’ve embarked on a new year, you may be thinking that the time for fam...

2013: A Music Products Odyssey

Trends, Issues And Obstacles That MI Retailers Face As the holidays approach, yet another year in MI retail is winding down. Once again, this year was a mixed ...

Roll Out The Red Carpet

Music & Sound Award Nominees Take The Stage They’ve been called the Oscars of the music products industry. They’ve also been called the highest honor a man...

Add-Ons Add Up

MI Retailers Talk Sales And Merchandising Of Accessories The building blocks that make up a successful independent MI store are a lot smaller than some might...

NAMM New Product Spotlight

By Dan Ferrisi Even though there are nearly countless things that the NAMM show offers in order to attract tens of thousands of attendees every year—ranging ...

ANAHEIM ROCK CITY

NAMM Prepares For Biggest Show Since ’09 By Dan Ferrisi When the weather starts to get colder, houses and offices begin to be adorned with holiday decoratio...

2012: The Year In Review

Retailers Reflect On Triumphs, Challenges And The Future By Michelle Loeb In an industry as varied and as far-reaching as MI is, it’s difficult to get a tru...