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Shine A Light: All In The Family

Uncle Jon’s Music 33 N. Cass Ave. Westmont IL 60559 Phone: (630) 434-2480 www.unclejonsmusic.com Mon –Thurs: 12:30pm – 8pm Fri: 12:30pm – 5pm Sat: 1...

Veddatorial: Educating The Consumer

I believe our most difficult job for the next few years—as an industry and, in particular, as retailers—is to educate the music products consumer. Tradition...

The Importance Of Vendor Training

In today’s competitive market, the process of sourcing vendors effectively to reduce costs is now only the start of the relationship-building and trust-buildi...

Rise Of The Millenials

Mary Meeker, a venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, released her annual report on Internet trends at the end of May. The report is widely a...

Keeping Time For Over 50 Years

The 1960s marked a seismic shift in popular music, with bands like the Beatles bringing guitar music to the forefront like never before. That era also marke...

Poison in the Well

A couple years ago, I found myself continually at odds with several staff members at our store. As we often find in any organization, there was poison in th...