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Product Knowledge Is Paramount

David Hall
Today’s consumers are digitally connected and socially networked. Before walking into your store, they have already done their homework, especially on items that cost more than $400. They have researched it online, compared prices, watched demo video...
Pioneer DJ’s DJM-450 two-channel mixer.

Pioneer DJ’s DJM-450 Mixer

Anthony Vargas
Pioneer DJ’s DJM-450 two-channel mixer comes bundled with license keys for rekordbox dj and rekordbox dvs (a $228.00 value) so you can DJ with tracks stored on your PC/Mac when using turntables and rekordbox control vinyl (sold separately). Inheri...

Ready For Retail: Four Trends To Embrace In 2017

Gabriel O'Brien
I’m keenly interested in where retail is going, the new technologies and trends I read about, and the direction in which the MI business is headed. We know technology is becoming more and more deeply ingrained in our everyday lives. And, although it’...

Can America ‘Make’ Again?

Dan Ferrisi
Reports of the death of American manufacturing have been greatly exaggerated. And, although both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump might be painting too rosy a picture of a renaissance in American manufacturing should they be elected, it remains a fac...

October 2016 Digital Edition

Staff
COVER STORIES Can America ‘Make’ Again? Companies continue to find ways to make products here at home…and to do so profitably. Given The Retailer’s deep and abiding belief in U.S.A.-made products, we trumpet that message every October in our annu...

Percussion Manufacturers Delve Into Industry Trends

Dan Ferrisi
In an industry characterized by passion, the drum and percussion segment is perhaps most imbued with that quality. Simply put, drummers and percussionists are madly enthusiastic about playing their instruments, and about sharing that joy with others....
String Ovation

Connolly Music Launches Online Publication

Dan Ferrisi
Connolly Music has launched a free online publication, stringovation.com. The publication, which debuted in October, is devoted to music teachers, string musicians and string music aficionados. Its mission is to help its readers deepen their knowl...