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...
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...
Gabriel O’Brien (left) and Irish guitar builder Chris Larkin.
I recently returned from my honeymoon in Ireland, where people are unfailingly polite. In eve...
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...
Once you get past the part of getting your customer’s attention and motivating him or her to drive over to your store, the next phase in the sales cycle is focu...
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...
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...
Watermelon Music has gone through many iterations over the years, as Jeff Simons, its President, refined the brand to meet not only the needs of the community, ...